Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Tanabe

Mitsuru Tanabe 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: 9972333
    Abstract: In order to obtain coded data which does not strike viewers and listeners as being incongruous, when plural audio data are to be coded, a coding program groups the respective audio data into one audio data, codes the grouped audio data in sequence with a predetermined number of samples being treated as units, and sets delimitations corresponding to the delimitations of the plural audio data in the coded data at coding units of the coded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9893648
    Abstract: A controller switches between modes each having a different connection state of a DC power supply and the capacitor with respect to first and second output points by controlling switches. A generation unit generates a reference wave including at least one carrier wave. The modes are classified into a sustaining mode in which no current is caused to flow to the capacitor, a charging mode in which a current is caused to flow to the capacitor, and a discharging mode in which a current in a direction opposite to that in the charging mode is caused to flow to the capacitor. The controller switches between the sustaining mode and a charging or discharging mode according to the comparison result between a signal wave and the reference wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Kifuji, Kazunori Kidera, Mitsuru Tanabe, Kazuo Itoh
  • Patent number: 9866147
    Abstract: A first bidirectional switch is electrically connected between a first connection point which is a connection point of a first switching element and a second switching element and a second connection point which is a connection point of a seventh switching element and an eighth switching element. A second bidirectional switch is electrically connected between a third connection point which is a connection point of a third switching element and a fourth switching element and a fourth connection point which is a connection point of a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element. A power-converting device is configured to generate an output voltage between a first output point and a second output point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Kidera, Mitsuru Tanabe, Mariko Kifuji
  • Patent number: 9821669
    Abstract: The electric vehicular connector includes: a connection terminal block including a primary power transmission terminal to be electrically connected to a first power terminal of a power converter; a plug including a secondary power transmission terminal to be electrically connected to a second power terminal of an inlet of an electric vehicle; a breaker which is connected between the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal and has a closed state of electrically interconnecting the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal and an open state of electrically separating the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal from each other; and a breaker controller configured to set the connector-side breaker in the closed state during a normal state and to set the connector-side breaker in the open state during an abnormal state in which abnormality occurs in the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20170310242
    Abstract: A controller switches between modes each having a different connection state of a DC power supply and the capacitor with respect to first and second output points by controlling switches. A generation unit generates a reference wave including at least one carrier wave. The modes are classified into a sustaining mode in which no current is caused to flow to the capacitor, a charging mode in which a current is caused to flow to the capacitor, and a discharging mode in which a current in a direction opposite to that in the charging mode is caused to flow to the capacitor. The controller switches between the sustaining mode and a charging or discharging mode according to the comparison result between a signal wave and the reference wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Mariko KIFUJI, Kazunori KIDERA, Mitsuru TANABE, Kazuo ITOH
  • Publication number: 20170047863
    Abstract: A first bidirectional switch is electrically connected between a first connection point which is a connection point of a first switching element and a second switching element and a second connection point which is a connection point of a seventh switching element and an eighth switching element. A second bidirectional switch is electrically connected between a third connection point which is a connection point of a third switching element and a fourth switching element and a fourth connection point which is a connection point of a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element. A power-converting device is configured to generate an output voltage between a first output point and a second output point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori KIDERA, Mitsuru TANABE, Mariko KIFUJI
  • Publication number: 20160159236
    Abstract: A vehicle storage battery management device includes a charge level acquiring portion, a power capacity acquiring portion and, a power capacity deriving portion. The charge level acquiring portion acquires data of a charge level, which indicates a ratio of a capacity of a storage battery installed in an electric drive vehicle to a full charge capacity of the storage battery, from the electric drive vehicle. The power capacity acquiring portion acquires data of an amount of charging power supplied to the storage battery or data of an amount of discharging power discharged from the storage battery. The power capacity deriving portion derives a unit capacity of the storage battery based on the amount of charging power or the amount of discharging power, and a change in the charge level that occurs according to the amount of charging power or the amount of discharging power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki TAGOME, Susumu KOBAYASHI, Masakazu ADACHI, Mitsuru TANABE
  • Publication number: 20160052411
    Abstract: The electric vehicular connector includes: a connection terminal block including a primary power transmission terminal to be electrically connected to a first power terminal of a power converter; a plug including a secondary power transmission terminal to be electrically connected to a second power terminal of an inlet of an electric vehicle; a breaker which is connected between the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal and has a closed state of electrically interconnecting the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal and an open state of electrically separating the primary power transmission terminal and the secondary power transmission terminal from each other; and a breaker controller configured to set the connector-side breaker in the closed state during a normal state and to set the connector-side breaker in the open state during an abnormal state in which abnormality occurs in the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Mitsuru TANABE
  • Publication number: 20160009189
    Abstract: A first voltmeter measures a voltage of a connector held by a holder of a vehicle power device. A second voltmeter measures a voltage of a second port of a power converter. when the connector is held by the holder. A controller detects presence or absence of a malfunction in a connector-side switch based on: measurement results of the voltmeters while controlling the connector-side switch so that electrical connection between the second port and the connector is broken; and measurement results of the voltmeters while controlling the connector-side switch so that the electrical connection is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jin YOSHIZAWA, Mitsuru TANABE
  • Patent number: 9100105
    Abstract: A splitter includes, in parallel between trunk terminals and branch terminals, a signal branching circuit that blocks distributed power and passes a PLC communication signal and a power branching circuit that blocks the communication signal and passes the distributed power. In the signal branching circuit, impedance viewed from the branch terminal side is matched with characteristic impedance of a power line and impedance viewed from the trunk terminal side is higher than impedance viewed from the branch terminal side, in the frequency band of the communication signal. In the power branching circuit, input/output impedance is set to be sufficiently higher than the impedance of the signal branching circuit viewed from the trunk terminal side, in the frequency band of the communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuko Yamamoto, Mitsuru Tanabe, Mitsuru Maeda, Kenji Kuniyoshi
  • Publication number: 20150194162
    Abstract: In order to obtain coded data which does not strike viewers and listeners as being incongruous, when plural audio data are to be coded, a coding program groups the respective audio data into one audio data, codes the grouped audio data in sequence with a predetermined number of samples being treated as units, and sets delimitations corresponding to the delimitations of the plural audio data in the coded data at coding units of the coded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9014234
    Abstract: A communication system comprises: a communication apparatus that is configured to transmit communication data, which includes a plurality of known synchronization symbols subjected to spread modulation with a spread code; and a communication apparatus that is configured to perform, when receiving the communication data, processing for detecting a synchronization timing, based on a correlation value between the received communication data and a reference signal. The communication apparatus comprises: a disturbing wave detection part configured to detect a period of a disturbing wave; a communication control part configured to set a transmission period of the synchronization symbol to be integer multiple of the period of the disturbing wave; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the communication data in which the transmission period of the synchronization symbol has been set by the communication control part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhito Takeda, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9008810
    Abstract: In order to obtain coded data which does not strike viewers and listeners as being incongruous, when plural audio data are to be coded, a coding program groups the respective audio data into one audio data, codes the grouped audio data in sequence with a predetermined number of samples being treated as units, and sets delimitations corresponding to the delimitations of the plural audio data in the coded data at coding units of the coded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20140192907
    Abstract: A splitter includes, in parallel between trunk terminals and branch terminals, a signal branching circuit that blocks distributed power and passes a PLC communication signal and a power branching circuit that blocks the communication signal and passes the distributed power. In the signal branching circuit, impedance viewed from the branch terminal side is matched with characteristic impedance of a power line and impedance viewed from the trunk terminal side is higher than impedance viewed from the branch terminal side, in the frequency band of the communication signal. In the power branching circuit, input/output impedance is set to be sufficiently higher than the impedance of the signal branching circuit viewed from the trunk terminal side, in the frequency band of the communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuko Yamamoto, Mitsuru Tanabe, Mitsuru Maeda, Kenji Kuniyoshi
  • Publication number: 20140003468
    Abstract: A communication system comprises: a communication apparatus that is configured to transmit communication data, which includes a plurality of known synchronization symbols subjected to spread modulation with a spread code; and a communication apparatus that is configured to perform, when receiving the communication data, processing for detecting a synchronization timing, based on a correlation value between the received communication data and a reference signal. The communication apparatus comprises: a disturbing wave detection part configured to detect a period of a disturbing wave; a communication control part configured to set a transmission period of the synchronization symbol to be integer multiple of the period of the disturbing wave; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the communication data in which the transmission period of the synchronization symbol has been set by the communication control part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhito Takeda, Mitsuru Tanabe
  • Patent number: 8312524
    Abstract: A card management device includes: a card device configured to include a controller on which a cryptographic IP is mounted in advance; and an individual information writing device configured to allow the card device to be connected to the individual information writing device in such a way that the card device is capable of data transfer to the individual information writing device, individual information assigned to the card device in advance being set in the individual information writing device, the individual information writing device being capable of writing the individual information to the card device connected to the individual information writing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Mitsuru Tanabe, Koji Yoshimura, Daisaku Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20120036350
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a data processing unit which generates content to be distributed to a client; and a communication unit which sends the content generated by the data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit combines a plurality of watermarking record blocks, each of which is obtained by embedding watermarking data into a block as section data of the content, generates content in which different watermarking data sequences are set in units of distribution processing with respect to the clients, and sends the generated content to the clients through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Mitsuru Tanabe, Kenjiro Ueda, Koji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7958366
    Abstract: A system is provided for preventing recorded data from being illicitly read out and analyzed. An Internet connection interface transmits a program executed by an adapter to an authentication station, while receiving the program in an encrypted form from the authentication station. A hard disc records the encrypted program, received from the authentication station. An interface transmits the program recorded on the horizontal direction on the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Ishiguro, Itaru Kawakami, Mitsuru Tanabe, Yuichi Ezura, Hirokazu Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20100318790
    Abstract: A card management device includes: a card device configured to include a controller on which a cryptographic IP is mounted in advance; and an individual information writing device configured to allow the card device to be connected to the individual information writing device in such a way that the card device is capable of data transfer to the individual information writing device, individual information assigned to the card device in advance being set in the individual information writing device, the individual information writing device being capable of writing the individual information to the card device connected to the individual information writing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Mitsuru Tanabe, Koji Yoshimura, Daisaku Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100161342
    Abstract: In order to obtain coded data which does not strike viewers and listeners as being incongruous, when plural audio data are to be coded, a coding program groups the respective audio data into one audio data, codes the grouped audio data in sequence with a predetermined number of samples being treated as units, and sets delimitations corresponding to the delimitations of the plural audio data in the coded data at coding units of the coded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Mitsuru Tanabe