Patents by Inventor Koichi Kai
Koichi Kai 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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Publication number: 20240290714Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings and including a respective memory film and a respective vertical semiconductor channel, contact wells vertically extending through a respective subset of layers of the alternating stack that includes a topmost insulating layer of the insulating layers, dielectric fill structures located in the contact wells, and an array of contact via structures vertically extending through the respective dielectric fill structure in each of the contact wells and contacting a top surface of a respective electrically conductive layer within a subset of the electrically conductive layers, the subset of the electrically conductive layers including a plurality of electrically conductive layers that are vertically spaced apart.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Mark D. KRAMAN, Johann ALSMEIER, James KAI, Koichi MATSUNO, Jixin YU, Ruogu Matthew ZHU, Seyyed Ehsan Esfahani RASHIDI
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Publication number: 20230152437Abstract: To provide a radar apparatus which can prevent occurrence of two or more of calculated values of the actual relative speeds by round of combination, and determine the actual relative speed uniquely, when calculating the actual relative speed without folding by combining the relative speeds detected by the frequency modulation signal of each kind among plural kinds. A radar apparatus (1) sets a speed width (?Vr) of the speed calculation range to less than a speed width that the actual relative speed can be calculated uniquely; and calculates an actual relative speed (Vr) which does not have folding due to a detection range of relative speed, within the speed calculation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2020Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi KAI
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Patent number: 10961643Abstract: Provided is a fabric for use as sportswear, the side fabric of a futon or the inner bag thereof that has superior heat retention and a soft texture despite being lightweight and thin. The fabric is a thin fabric having a fabric density of 15 g/m2 to 50 g/m2 in which thermoplastic synthetic fibers having fineness of 5 dtex to 30 dtex are arranged in at least a portion of the warp yarn or weft yarn, wherein the average deviation of the coefficient of friction on at least one side of the fabric is 0.008 to 0.05, and the value of Qmax of that one side of the fabric is 85 W/m2·° C. to 125 W/m2·° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junko Deguchi, Koichi Kai
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Patent number: 10486400Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fabric provided with both excellent abrasion resistance and soft texture, and this fabric is a fabric having excellent abrasion resistance in which at least a portion of a warp or a weft yearn thereof comprises a polyamide fiber twisted yarn.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Kai, Satoko Sakata, Yuichiro Nozaki
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Patent number: 10228457Abstract: In order to improve accuracy of kind identification of a detected object in a radar device provided in a sensor fusion system, information of the result of kind identification by a camera device provided in the sensor fusion system is given to the radar device and an attribution degree database that is used for identification determination by the radar device during the operation of the sensor fusion system is updated by a database update block.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Publication number: 20180014584Abstract: Provided is thin lightweight woven fabric which is suitable for use as covering fabric for down wear, down jackets, futons, sleeping bags, etc. and which, even when subjected to bias deformation, can retain low air permeability. The present invention relates to thin lightweight woven fabric constituted of synthetic fiber multifilaments, characterized in that in a cross section of the warp or weft constituting the woven fabric, the degree of overlapping between adjacent groups of monofilaments is 0.6 or greater for either the warp or the weft and that the woven fabric has a basis weight of 15-50 g/m2. The invention further relates to sports clothing, ticking, and inner-bag woven fabric which are each obtained using the thin lightweight woven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi KAI, Mikiko KATO, Junko DEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20170370031Abstract: Provided is a fabric for use as sportswear, the side fabric of a futon or the inner bag thereof that has superior heat retention and a soft texture despite being lightweight and thin. The fabric is a thin fabric having a fabric density of 15 g/m2 to 50 g/m2 in which thermoplastic synthetic fibers having fineness of 5 dtex to 30 dtex are arranged in at least a portion of the warp yarn or weft yarn, wherein the average deviation of the coefficient of friction on at least one side of the fabric is 0.008 to 0.05, and the value of Qmax of that one side of the fabric is 85 W/m2·° C. to 125 W/m2·° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junko DEGUCHI, Koichi KAI
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Publication number: 20170336504Abstract: In order to improve accuracy of kind identification of a detected object in a radar device provided in a sensor fusion system, information of the result of kind identification by a camera device provided in the sensor fusion system is given to the radar device and an attribution degree database that is used for identification determination by the radar device during the operation of the sensor fusion system is updated by a database update block.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi KAI
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Publication number: 20160075116Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fabric provided with both excellent abrasion resistance and soft texture, and this fabric is a fabric having excellent abrasion resistance in which at least a portion of a warp or a weft yearn thereof comprises a polyamide fiber twisted yarn.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Koichi KAI, Satoko SAKATA, Yuichiro NOZAKI
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Patent number: 7884756Abstract: A radar apparatus measures an azimuth angle with a calculation device that performs super-resolution angle measuring processing in which relative speeds and relative distances among target objects are calculated, when two azimuth angles are obtained for a given target object that has been detected, the calculation device performs an other-signal detection processing in which, among other detected target objects, a target object is searched whose azimuth angle is the same as one of the two azimuth angles and whose beat frequency upon frequency-increasing modification or frequency-decreasing modification is the same as that of the given target object; and when, through the other-signal detection processing, another target object that satisfies the condition is detected, the calculation device eliminates one of two azimuth angles of the detected given target object, which is equal to the azimuth angle of said another target object detected through the other-signal detection processing.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Patent number: 7812759Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a DBF process portion for grouping reception signals over plural channels into plural groups and performing DBF on each group, a summing portion for summing amplitudes or power of frequency components obtained by the DBF performed by the DBF process portion on each group, a peak detecting portion for detecting a peak frequency of a signal of the electric wave reflected by a target from results of the summation at the summing portion, a distance/speed calculating portion for calculating the distance and speed of the target based on the peak frequency, and an angle calculating portion for extracting a frequency component of the peak frequency detected by the peak detecting portion to calculate the angle of the electric wave reflected by the target. Thus, the amount of DBF calculation can be reduced, and a highly accurate positional information of the target can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Publication number: 20100085240Abstract: When super-resolution angle measuring processing is performed, due to intrusion of unnecessary other signals, an erroneous azimuth angle may be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi KAI
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Patent number: 7683824Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a sending unit for sending a transmission wave, a plurality of receiving parts for receiving a reflected wave from a reflecting object in a parallel manner, beat signal generation parts for acquiring beat signals at the receiving parts, respectively, from the transmission wave and the wave received at the receiving parts, a beat signal processing part for individually processing the beat signals of the receiving parts, a DBF processing part for DBF processing a beat signal processing result, and an object detection part for acquiring information on the reflecting object from frequency components of a DBF processing result or the beat signal processing result. Amounts of phase lag of the receiving parts are set to different values. The beat signal processing part includes a phase correction part that corrects the phase lag amounts corresponding to the individual receiving parts so as to make them equal to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Patent number: 7642950Abstract: Provided is a radar device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit for receiving the electromagnetic wave reflected by a target object of the transmission electromagnetic wave, a target object measuring unit for measuring at least a distance between the radar device and the target object on the basis of the transmission and reception electromagnetic waves, a transmission output control unit (S1, S2) for stopping or reducing a transmission output of the transmitting unit under a predetermined condition, a transmission output control function abnormality determining unit (S3 to S6) for determining that the transmission output control unit is abnormal upon receiving the reception electromagnetic wave having an intensity exceeding a predetermined threshold value even at the time of one of stop and reduction of the transmission output, and an abnormality determination time processing unit (S7) for stopping a power supply of the radar device when an abnormality is determined.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Publication number: 20090322592Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a DBF process portion for grouping reception signals over plural channels into plural groups and performing DBF on each group, a summing portion for summing amplitudes or power of frequency components obtained by the DBF performed by the DBF process portion on each group, a peak detecting portion for detecting a peak frequency of a signal of the electric wave reflected by a target from results of the summation at the summing portion, a distance/speed calculating portion for calculating the distance and speed of the target based on the peak frequency, and an angle calculating portion for extracting a frequency component of the peak frequency detected by the peak detecting portion to calculate the angle of the electric wave reflected by the target. Thus, the amount of DBF calculation can be reduced, and a highly accurate positional information of the target can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Koichi Kai
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Patent number: 7443335Abstract: To obtain a radar system capable of obtaining an appropriate angular precision by calculating an angle error based on distributions of relative speeds and angles of reflecting points, and of obtaining the appropriate angular precision including an axis deviation angle by simultaneously calculating the angle error and the axis deviation angle. A radar system mounted on a movable body is provided with a radar device that calculates relative speeds and azimuth angles of plural reflecting points; an azimuth angle error estimating device that estimates an error of the azimuth angle calculated by the radar device based on the relative speeds and the azimuth angles of the plural reflecting points; and a correcting device that corrects the azimuth angle calculated by the radar device by using the azimuth angle error estimated by the azimuth angle error estimating device.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Kai, Atsushi Okamura, Rokuzou Hara
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Publication number: 20080258962Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a sending unit for sending a transmission wave, a plurality of receiving parts for receiving a reflected wave from a reflecting object in a parallel manner, beat signal generation parts for acquiring beat signals at the receiving parts, respectively, from the transmission wave and the wave received at the receiving parts, a beat signal processing part for individually processing the beat signals of the receiving parts, a DBF processing part for DBF processing a beat signal processing result, and an object detection part for acquiring information on the reflecting object from frequency components of a DBF processing result or the beat signal processing result. Amounts of phase lag of the receiving parts are set to different-values. The beat signal processing part includes a phase correction part that corrects the phase lag amounts corresponding to the individual receiving parts so as to make them equal to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi KAI
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Publication number: 20080158046Abstract: Provided is a radar device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit for receiving the electromagnetic wave reflected by a target object of the transmission electromagnetic wave, a target object measuring unit for measuring at least a distance between the radar device and the target object on the basis of the transmission and reception electromagnetic waves, a transmission output control unit (S1, S2) for stopping or reducing a transmission output of the transmitting unit under a predetermined condition, a transmission output control function abnormality determining unit (S3 to S6) for determining that the transmission output control unit is abnormal upon receiving the reception electromagnetic wave having an intensity exceeding a predetermined threshold value even at the time of one of stop and reduction of the transmission output, and an abnormality determination time processing unit (S7) for stopping a power supply of the radar device when an abnormality is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi Kai
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Publication number: 20070115169Abstract: To obtain a radar system capable of obtaining an appropriate angular precision by calculating an angle error based on distributions of relative speeds and angles of reflecting points, and of obtaining the appropriate angular precision including an axis deviation angle by simultaneously calculating the angle error and the axis deviation angle. A radar system mounted on a movable body is provided with a radar device that calculates relative speeds and azimuth angles of plural reflecting points; an azimuth angle error estimating device that estimates an error of the azimuth angle calculated by the radar device based on the relative speeds and the azimuth angles of the plural reflecting points; and a correcting device that corrects the azimuth angle calculated by the radar device by using the azimuth angle error estimated by the azimuth angle error estimating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Koichi Kai, Atsushi Okamura, Rokuzou Hara
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Patent number: 7164382Abstract: An on-vehicle radar system capable of detecting a range error from range data based on an echo from a target (6). Range error is detected when amplitudes of beat frequency components in two adjacent range gates are substantially equal. The system includes a transmitting unit (1, 2, 4, 5) for radiating a modulated wave having frequency increasing and decreasing repetitively after pulse modulation, a receiving unit (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) for receiving the echo, and an arithmetic unit (13) for detecting a range error ascribable to aberration of modulation band width due to frequency increase and decrease of transmission wave (W1) by comparing a range corresponding to the range gate with that determined from a frequency difference between transmission wave and echo. The arithmetic unit (13) detects the range error on the basis of frequency difference components having substantially same amplitudes in adjacent range gates.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichi Kai