Patents by Inventor Mariko Hayano

Mariko Hayano 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).

  • Precipitation particle discrimination device, precipitation particle discrimination system, precipitation particle discrimination method and precipitation particle discrimination program
    Patent number: 11520040
    Abstract: To provide a precipitation particle classification apparatus for obtaining a proper classification result of precipitation particles based on information from a plurality of radar devices. The precipitation particle classification apparatus includes a data processing part, a fuzzy processing part, a coordinate conversion part, an interpolation part, and a classification part. The data processing part acquires polarization parameters obtained by reflection on the precipitation particles from each of the plurality of radar devices which are arranged at different positions and have a part of a scanning area overlapping with each other. The fuzzy processing part obtains a polar coordinate distribution evaluation value indicating the distribution in polar coordinates of an evaluation value indicating the degree of attribution to each type of precipitation particles from polarization parameters by using a fuzzy inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mariko Hayano
  • PRECIPITATION PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, PRECIPITATION PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, PRECIPITATION PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND PRECIPITATION PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200408904
    Abstract: To provide a precipitation particle classification apparatus for obtaining a proper classification result of precipitation particles based on information from a plurality of radar devices. The precipitation particle classification apparatus includes a data processing part, a fuzzy processing part, a coordinate conversion part, an interpolation part, and a classification part. The data processing part acquires polarization parameters obtained by reflection on the precipitation particles from each of the plurality of radar devices which are arranged at different positions and have a part of a scanning area overlapping with each other. The fuzzy processing part obtains a polar coordinate distribution evaluation value indicating the distribution in polar coordinates of an evaluation value indicating the degree of attribution to each type of precipitation particles from polarization parameters by using a fuzzy inference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mariko HAYANO
  • PRECIPITATION PARTICLE DISCRIMINATOR, PRECIPITATION PARTICLE DISCRIMINATING METHOD, AND PRECIPITATION PARTICLE DISCRIMINATING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200301008
    Abstract: The precipitation particle discriminator includes a radar antenna and processing circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Mariko Hayano