Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Wakabayashi

Naoyuki Wakabayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180131280
    Abstract: A power source apparatus for supplying power to a load includes a switch and a controller. The controller detects voltage applied to the switch. The controller further switches a state of the switch from OFF to ON when the detected voltage is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Wakabayashi, Takafumi Nishikawa, Koji Ohira
  • Patent number: 9905358
    Abstract: A contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power source portion, a power feeding coil, and a power feeding apparatus side control portion, and the power feeding apparatus side control portion is configured to perform feeding voltage control in order to control the feeding voltage value of the power source portion on the basis of a coupling coefficient such that power transmission efficiency to a power receiving apparatus including a power receiving coil is in the vicinity of a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9866034
    Abstract: This power transfer unit includes a power supply portion and a control portion, and the control portion acquires proper voltage ranges of a plurality of receivers and sets a supply voltage value in a common range among the proper voltage ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Michisaka, Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9812254
    Abstract: A non-contact communication coil for a non-contact power feeding device comprises a power transmission coil, a power receiving coil, and a resonance coil, and the non-contact communication coil includes a first receiver and a second receiver connected in series with the first receiver. The non-contact communication coil generates induction voltages in mutually opposing directions in the first receiver and the second receiver when current passes through at least one of the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20170104371
    Abstract: The invention provides a power supplying device, which includes a first coil; and a second coil, which is wound to be substantially line symmetrical to the first coil with respect to a center line, wherein the center line is an axis passing through a winding center of the first coil. A ground point of the first coil and the second coil is disposed further inside than an outermost winding of the first coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: NAOYUKI WAKABAYASHI, HIDEKI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20170063162
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that supplies power from a power source to a power receiving apparatus, a power acquisition unit that acquires a power value of power from the power source upon detecting another power receiving apparatus, and a controller that determines whether to supply the power from the power source to the another power receiving apparatus based on the power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Nishikawa, Naoyuki Wakabayashi, Yuzuru Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20170063155
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a power supply portion, a power supply coil portion having a first end connected to the power supply portion and a second end connected to ground, and a counter wound coil portion that faces the power supply coil portion, the winding direction of which is opposite to that of the power supply coil portion, and the counter wound coil portion has an opened first end and a second end connected to ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takafumi NISHIKAWA, Naoyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170012473
    Abstract: A power supply device that is capable of suppressing complexity of the circuit structure and increasing in the substrate area for the impedance adjustment configuration is provided. The power supply device includes a power supply antenna, supplying a power to a power receiving device, a reactance adjustment part, adjusting a reactance of the power supply antenna; a power source, supplying a voltage to the power supply antenna; and a controller, controlling the reactance adjustment part and the voltage of the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TAKAFUMI NISHIKAWA, NAOYUKI WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160352137
    Abstract: A wireless power feeder includes a plurality of coils and a controller that determines a first coil from the plurality of coils based on power transmitted from each of the plurality of coils to an external apparatus. The first coil receives power from a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9438068
    Abstract: A non-contact power feeder includes a plurality of power transmission coils disposed along a disposition surface, wherein a power receiving device that houses a power reception coil is disposed on the disposition surface, and a controller that determines a first traveling wave power, from among a plurality of traveling wave powers, that feeds the power transmission coil corresponding to the power receiving device based on a state of change of at least one of: actual transmitted power, from the plurality of traveling wave powers, transmitted from the plurality of power transmission coils to the power reception coil when power transmitted to the plurality of power transmission coils is changed, and reactive power, from the plurality of traveling wave powers, not transmitted from the power transmission coil to the power reception coil when the power transmitted to the plurality of power transmission coils is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20160142112
    Abstract: A communication device includes an antenna, at least one magnetic field sensor, a communication component, and a controller. The antenna generates a magnetic field and communicates with an external device that generates a magnetic field during communication. The at least one magnetic field sensor includes a pair of sensor elements. The at least one magnetic field sensor detects magnetic field strength by receiving the magnetic field of the antenna and the magnetic field of the external device. The communication component communicates with the external device via the antenna. The controller processes output signal indicative of the magnetic field strength detected by the at least one magnetic field sensor. A component of the magnetic field of the antenna in the output signal is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Naoyuki WAKABAYASHI, Norito TSUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9264105
    Abstract: A communication device includes a sensor, an antenna, and a notification component. The sensor is configured to detect magnetic field strength. The antenna is configured to generate a magnetic field. The antenna is further configured to communicate with a wireless device that is configured to generate a magnetic field during communication. The notification component is configured to notify a positional offset between the antenna and the wireless device based on output signal indicative of the magnetic field strength. The sensor is arranged with respect to the antenna such that an effect of the magnetic field generated by the antenna on the output signal is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Wakabayashi, Norito Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20160013662
    Abstract: A power transfer unit (power transfer system) includes a power supply portion, a power transfer portion, a voltage detector, a power transfer current detector, and a controller, and the controller controls a power transfer voltage value on the basis of an output voltage value detected by the voltage detector and an output current value detected by the power transfer current detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Naoyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150372494
    Abstract: A wireless power supply device includes a resonant circuit including a power supply coil and a resonant capacitor. The wireless power supply device also includes a controller that changes a waveform of power in the resonant circuit and causes a phase difference between a phase of a drive signal that drives the resonant circuit and a phase of current flowing through the power supply coil to be substantially 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Wakabayashi, Takafumi Nishikawa, Yukikazu Nobata
  • Publication number: 20150200549
    Abstract: This power transfer unit includes a power supply portion and a control portion, and the control portion acquires proper voltage ranges of a plurality of receivers and sets a supply voltage value in a common range among the proper voltage ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Takao MICHISAKA, Naoyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9077081
    Abstract: A multi-antenna device includes a feeding element and a passive element. The feeding element has first and second antenna elements. The passive element is disposed between the first and second antenna elements. The passive element has a first portion that is grounded at one end, a second portion that is grounded at one end and a third portion that is grounded at one end via a serially connected member with inductance. The third portion is connected at the other end to the other ends of the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20150115731
    Abstract: A contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power source portion, a power feeding coil, and a power feeding apparatus side control portion, and the power feeding apparatus side control portion is configured to perform feeding voltage control in order to control the feeding voltage value of the power source portion on the basis of a coupling coefficient such that power transmission efficiency to a power receiving apparatus including a power receiving coil is in the vicinity of a maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Naoyuki WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8890763
    Abstract: This multiantenna unit includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element and a non-grounded passive element arranged between the first and second antenna elements. The passive element includes a first portion arranged on a front surface of a substrate and an extensional portion, connected to the first portion, extending perpendicularly to the front surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Aizawa, Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140300197
    Abstract: An amplitude modulation circuit includes a resonance circuit powered by an oscillator and comprising a power transmission coil with a first coil portion, a second coil portion, a modulation coil, and a resonance condenser; and a switch that switches between a state where the first coil portion and the second coil portion are connected in series and a state where the first coil portion and the modulation coil are connected in series according to a level switching timing of transmission data and a timing when a coil current in the resonance circuit becomes zero. The combined inductance of the first coil portion and the second coil portion connected in series and a combined inductance of the first coil portion and the modulation coil connected in series are equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140300198
    Abstract: A non-contact communication coil for a non-contact power feeding device comprises a power transmission coil, a power receiving coil, and a resonance coil, and the non-contact communication coil includes a first receiver and a second receiver connected in series with the first receiver. The non-contact communication coil generates induction voltages in mutually opposing directions in the first receiver and the second receiver when current passes through at least one of the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Wakabayashi