Patents by Inventor Naoya TOMII

Naoya TOMII 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: 11971309
    Abstract: A system includes an antenna having a predetermined directivity and a measurement data processing device that modifies spatial resolution of measurement data received from the antenna. The device includes a plurality of multipliers that multiply together measurement values, which are the signal intensity of the microwave output by the microwave radiometer, and weighting coefficients to be an element of a weighted vector a and output multiplication results; and an integrator that integrates the multiplication results of the plurality of multipliers. The weighted vector a modifies the accuracy of the corrected sensitivity function ?(x,y) with performance of the arithmetic processing of the inverse problem in order to reduce integrated values of a positive value region and a negative value region present on an outer side of the sensitivity distribution of the target antenna sensitivity distribution function F(x,y) in the corrected sensitivity function ?(x,y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Takashi Maeda, Naoya Tomii
  • Publication number: 20230045598
    Abstract: A phased-array antenna device with a long operating life without mechanical parts, has a high spatial resolution, and realizes microwave observation of broadband and highfrequency resolution. The phased-array antenna device performs direct A/D conversion through a BPF on an antenna analog signal amplified by an amplifier. Then, the device performs a second cross-spectrum calculation after conversion into complex frequency data through FFT. To detect a weak electromagnetic wave, the device repeatedly performs a second FFT over a long period and lastly performs integration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Takashi MAEDA, Naoya TOMII, Akihisa UEMATSU, Kazuya INAOKA, Noriyuki KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210223116
    Abstract: To provide a measurement data processing device that can improve resolution by applying a correction operation to low-resolution microwave radiometer output data. A measurement data processing device is capable of improving resolution by multiplying a measurement data group of a microwave radiometer by a weighted vector and adding up the measurement data group. The weighted vector solves an inverse problem based on a mathematical model for forming the sensitivity of an antenna as a Gaussian curved surface. Optimization is applied by repeatedly executing, outside an xy coordinate of a target antenna sensitivity distribution function table, a correction operation for minimizing integrated values of a positive remainder sensitivity function, which is data having a positive value a negative remainder sensitivity function, which is data having a negative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Takashi MAEDA, Naoya TOMII