Patents by Inventor Nobutarou Shibata

Nobutarou Shibata 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: 7907895
    Abstract: When a human hand (100) holds a transceiver (3a), the hand holds a bottom of an external wall surface and a side of the external wall surface of an insulating case (33). Therefore, a transmitting and receiving electrode (105) and an insulating film (107) cover not only the bottom of the external wall surface but also the side of the external wall surface of the insulating case (33). A first ground electrode (131), a second ground electrode (161), and a third ground electrode (163) are attached to upper portions of the internal wall surface of the insulating case (33) apart from the transmitting and receiving electrode (105). An insulating foam member (7a) is interposed between the insulating case (33) and a transceiver main body (30), and an insulating foam member (7b) is interposed between the transceiver main body (30) and a battery (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shinagawa, Katsuyuki Ochiai, Tadashi Minotani, Aiichirou Sasaki, Nobutarou Shibata, Hakaru Kyuragi
  • Patent number: 7859666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric field sensor including: a light source (1); an electro optic crystal (7) which is applied with an electric field based on a signal under test, in which a birefringent index changes according to the electric field, and which changes a polarization state of light incident from the light source according to the birefringent index and emits the light; and a detector (9, 17, 19, 21) that detects an electric signal according to the change of the polarization state of the light emitted from the electro optic crystal (7). Further, the electric field sensor includes: a signal electrode (11) for applying the electric field based on the signal under test to the electro optic crystal (7); a counter electrode (12) that forms a pair with the signal electrode (11); and an auxiliary electrode (61) that is electrically connected to the counter electrode (12), and that forms a capacitance with ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Aiichirou Sasaki, Mitsuru Shinagawa, Nobutarou Shibata, Tadashi Minotani, Kazuo Fujiura, Masahiro Sasaura, Seiji Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7636547
    Abstract: A reactance adjuster includes an electrode (123) inducing an electric-field in an electric-field transmittable medium (121), an adjusting signal generation section (13) outputting alternatingly a high level or a low level signal to a resonance section (7), an electric-field detection section (15) generating an electric signal based on the electric-field in the medium (121), a first electric-charge storing means (C1) storing electric-charge according to the electric signal when the section (13) outputs a high level signal, a second electric-charge storing means (C2) storing electric-charge according to the electric signal when the section (13) outputs a low level signal, a voltage comparator (10) outputting a predetermined signal based on a voltage difference between the storing means, a control section (19) outputting a constant voltage when the first and the second storing means (C1, C2) are storing electric-charge and a voltage based on a predetermined signal when the storing ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Minotani, Nobutarou Shibata, Mitsuru Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 7583930
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission means (3) configured to transmit a modulated signal obtained by modulating data, a transmission electrode (8) that induces an electric field based on the modulated signal in an electric field transmission medium (20), a first reactance means (2) that is provided between the electric field transmission medium (20) and an earth ground (14) and configured to cause resonance with parasitic capacitance produced between a ground (6) the transmission means (3) and the earth ground (14), parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium (20) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3) and parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium (20) and the earth ground (14), and a second reactance means (1) provided between an output of the transmission means (3) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3) or between the transmission electrode (8) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Minotani, Nobutarou Shibata, Mitsuru Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20080205904
    Abstract: When a human hand (100) holds a transceiver (3a), the hand holds a bottom of an external wall surface and a side of the external wall surface of an insulating case (33). Therefore, a transmitting and receiving electrode (105) and an insulating film (107) cover not only the bottom of the external wall surface but also the side of the external wall surface of the insulating case (33). A first ground electrode (131), a second ground electrode (161), and a third ground electrode (163) are attached to upper portions of the internal wall surface of the insulating case (33) apart from the transmitting and receiving electrode (105). An insulating foam member (7a) is interposed between the insulating case (33) and a transceiver main body (30), and an insulating foam member (7b) is interposed between the transceiver main body (30) and a battery (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shinagawa, Katsuyuki Ochiai, Tadashi Minotani, Aiichirou Sasaki, Nobutarou Shibata, Hakaru Kyuragi
  • Publication number: 20070184788
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission means (3) configured to transmit a modulated signal obtained by modulating data, a transmission electrode (8) that induces an electric field based on the modulated signal in an electric field transmission medium (20), a first reactance means (2) that is provided between the electric field transmission medium (20) and an earth ground (14) and configured to cause resonance with parasitic capacitance produced between a ground (6) the transmission means (3) and the earth ground (14), parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium (20) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3) and parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium (20) and the earth ground (14), and a second reactance means (1) provided between an output of the transmission means (3) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3) or between the transmission electrode (8) and the ground (6) of the transmission means (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Tadashi Minotani, Nobutarou Shibata, Mitsuru Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20060152209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric field sensor including: a light source (1); an electro optic crystal (7) which is applied with an electric field based on a signal under test, in which a birefringent index changes according to the electric field, and which changes a polarization state of light incident from the light source according to the birefringent index and emits the light; and a detector (9, 17, 19, 21) that detects an electric signal according to the change of the polarization state of the light emitted from the electro optic crystal (7). Further, the electric field sensor includes: a signal electrode (11) for applying the electric field based on the signal under test to the electro optic crystal (7); a counter electrode (12) that forms a pair with the signal electrode (11); and an auxiliary electrode (61) that is electrically connected to the counter electrode (12), and that forms a capacitance with ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Aiichirou Sasaki, Mitsuru Shinagawa, Nobutarou Shibata, Tadashi Minotani, Kazuo Fujiura, Masahiro Sasaura, Seiji Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20060052074
    Abstract: A reactance adjuster includes an electrode (123) inducing an electric-field in an electric-field transmittable medium (121), an adjusting signal generation section (13) outputting alternatingly a high level or a low level signal to a resonance section (7), an electric-field detection section (15) generating an electric signal based on the electric-field in the medium (121), a first electric-charge storing means (C1) storing electric-charge according to the electric signal when the section (13) outputs a high level signal, a second electric-charge storing means (C2) storing electric-charge according to the electric signal when the section (13) outputs a low level signal, a voltage comparator (10) outputting a predetermined signal based on a voltage difference between the storing means, a control section (19) outputting a constant voltage when the first and the second storing means (C1, C2) are storing electric-charge and a voltage based on a predetermined signal when the storing ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Tadashi Minotani, Nobutarou Shibata, Mitsuru Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20050244166
    Abstract: When a human hand (100) holds a transceiver (3a), the hand holds a bottom of an external wall surface and a side of the external wall surface of an insulating case (33). Therefore, a transmitting and receiving electrode (105) and an insulating film (107) cover not only the bottom of the external wall surface but also the side of the external wall surface of the insulating case (33). A first ground electrode (131), a second ground electrode (161), and a third ground electrode (163) are attached to upper portions of the internal wall surface of the insulating case (33) apart from the transmitting and receiving electrode (105). An insulating foam member (7a) is interposed between the insulating case (33) and a transceiver main body (30), and an insulating foam member (7b) is interposed between the transceiver main body (30) and a battery (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shinagawa, Katsuyuki Ochiai, Tadashi Minotani, Aiichirou Sasaki, Nobutarou Shibata, Hakaru Kyuragi