Patents by Inventor Norihito Mihota
Norihito Mihota 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).
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Publication number: 20240019382Abstract: In a device measuring an amount of moisture in a medium, the performance of the device is improved. The sensor device includes a transmission probe, a reception probe, and a measurement circuit. The transmission probe includes a plurality of transmission antennas, and the reception probe includes a plurality of reception antennas. In this sensor device, the measurement circuit performs time-divisional control in which control of selecting one transmission antenna among the plurality of transmission antennas each time and radiating electromagnetic waves is repeatedly performed until performance of radiation ends in all the antennas set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro OISHI, Norihito MIHOTA, Atsushi YAMADA, Sachio IIDA, Takuya ICHIHARA, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20240019383Abstract: A sensor device is disclosed for measuring an amount of moisture in a medium that includes: a transmission antenna; a reception antenna to receive electromagnetic waves transmitted from the transmission antenna and through a medium; a measurement unit to measure the electromagnetic waves propagating to the reception antenna; and a sensor casing and further includes a transmission substrate including a plurality of wiring layers and a reception substrate including a plurality of wiring layers, and a measurement unit substrate including a plurality of wiring layers and includes the measurement unit or a first coating layer that, in a part of the transmission substrate, coats an outer circumference of the substrate and is formed from an electromagnetic wave absorbent material and a second coating layer that, in a part of the reception substrate, coats an outer circumference of the substrate and is formed from an electromagnetic wave absorbent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Norihito MIHOTA, Takuya ICHIHARA, Atsushi YAMADA, Sachio IIDA, Takahiro OISHI, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20240011924Abstract: A device for measuring the amount of moisture in a medium that includes a transmission antenna that sends a signal as an electromagnetic wave, a reception antenna that receives the electromagnetic wave sent from the transmission antenna and transmitted through a medium, a measurement section that measures the electromagnetic wave propagated to the reception antenna, and a sensor casing. The sensor device further includes a transmission substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers and a reception substrate that includes a plurality of wiring layers, or a first covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the transmission substrate and a second covering layer that partially covers an outer periphery of the reception substrate The coverings are formed of an electromagnetic wave absorption material. The sensor casing includes a transmission probe casing that accommodates the transmission substrate and a reception probe casing that accommodates the reception substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ICHIHARA, Norihito MIHOTA, Atsushi YAMADA, Sachio IIDA, Takahiro OISHI, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20240004030Abstract: In a device that measures an amount of moisture in a medium, performance of the device is improved. A sensor device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a sensor control unit. In this sensor device, a transmitter supplies a transmission signal to a transmission antenna. In addition, in the sensor device, a receiver receives a reception signal corresponding to the transmission signal through a reception antenna. In the sensor device, before measuring a predetermined parameter on the basis of the reception signal, the sensor control unit adjusts electric power of the transmission signal on the basis the reception signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi YAMADA, Norihito MIHOTA, Sachio IIDA, Takuya ICHIHARA, Takahiro OISHI, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20230417686Abstract: Measurement accuracy of the amount of moisture is improved by a device that measures the amount of moisture in a medium. The sensor device includes a pair of antennas, a measurement circuit, a transmission path, and a radio wave absorption section. In the sensor device which includes the pair of antennas, the measurement circuit, the transmission path, and the radio wave absorption section, the measurement circuit measures the amount of moisture in a medium between the pair of antennas. Also, the transmission path connects the pair of antennas to the measurement circuit in the sensor device. The radio wave absorption section is formed in the surroundings of the transmission path in the sensor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Sachio IIDA, Atsushi YAMADA, Norihito MIHOTA, Takuya ICHIHARA, Takahiro OISHI, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20230194440Abstract: An inspection device and method suppressing measurement time and power consumption. A detection device according to the present disclosure includes a first probe with a first antenna unit for transmission, a second probe with a second antenna unit for reception, the second probe being opposed to the first probe at a predetermined distance, a measurement unit that measures a measurement signal including a propagation characteristic of an electromagnetic wave in a medium between the first and second antenna units, and a calculation unit that calculates characteristics information of the medium based on the measurement signal. In a first mode, the measurement unit measures the measurement signal in a first frequency band for the electromagnetic wave propagating in the medium, and in a second mode, the measurement unit measures the measurement signal in a second frequency band, which is a part of the first frequency band for the electromagnetic wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Norihito MIHOTA, Sachio IIDA
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Patent number: 10763977Abstract: A device for determining a DC component in a zero-IF radio receiver comprises an input configured to receive a complex baseband signal; and an analyzer configured to analyze the complex baseband signal to determine a DC component in the complex baseband signal by selecting at least three samples of the complex baseband signal and determining the intersection of at least two perpendicular bisectors of at least two straight lines, each straight line running through a different pair of two of said selected samples, said intersection representing the DC component. Further, a corresponding method, a radar device and a radar method are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Rolf Noethlings, Norihito Mihota
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Patent number: 10670706Abstract: A detection device for detecting the presence of a living being at a predetermined location within a monitored area comprises an evaluation unit configured to evaluate radar radiation received by a radar unit from an assigned radar area included in said monitored area in response to radar radiation emitted by said radar unit to detect if a living being is present within said radar area and to localize a detected living being within said radar area, and a detection unit configured to correlate the location of a detected living being in said radar area with a set of predetermined locations in said monitored area to detect the presence of a living being at a predetermined location of said monitored area.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Andreas Schwager, Honghui Yan, Norihito Mihota, Ralf Boehnke
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Patent number: 10205620Abstract: In a transmission circuit that transmits transmission data using an amplitude shift modulation method (ASK modulation method) for changing an amplitude of carrier waves based on the transmission data or a transmission system that uses the transmission circuit, a phase of the carrier waves is changed based on the transmission data to suppress an irradiation of carrier wave components.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Norihito Mihota
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Publication number: 20180054262Abstract: A device for determining a DC component in a zero-IF radio receiver comprises an input configured to receive a complex baseband signal; and an analyzer configured to analyze the complex baseband signal to determine a DC component in the complex baseband signal by selecting at least three samples of the complex baseband signal and determining the intersection of at least two perpendicular bisectors of at least two straight lines, each straight line running through a different pair of two of said selected samples, said intersection representing the DC component. Further, a corresponding method, a radar device and a radar method are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: Sony CORPORATIONInventors: Rolf NOETHLINGS, Norihito MIHOTA
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Publication number: 20170111203Abstract: In a transmission circuit that transmits transmission data using an amplitude shift modulation method (ASK modulation method) for changing an amplitude of carrier waves based on the transmission data or a transmission system that uses the transmission circuit, a phase of the carrier waves is changed based on the transmission data to suppress an irradiation of carrier wave components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventor: NORIHITO MIHOTA
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Patent number: 9571325Abstract: In a transmission circuit that transmits transmission data using an amplitude shift modulation method (ASK modulation method) for changing an amplitude of carrier waves based on the transmission data or a transmission system that uses the transmission circuit, a phase of the carrier waves is changed based on the transmission data to suppress an irradiation of carrier wave components.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Norihito Mihota
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Publication number: 20160370463Abstract: A detection device for detecting the presence of a living being at a predetermined location within a monitored area comprises an evaluation unit (21) configured to evaluate radar radiation received by a radar unit (10) from an assigned radar area included in said monitored area in response to radar radiation emitted by said radar unit (10) to detect if a living being is present within said radar area and to localize a detected living being within said radar area, and a detection unit (22) configured to correlate the location of a detected living being in said radar area with a set of predetermined locations in said monitored area to detect the presence of a living being at a predetermined location of said monitored area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: ANDREAS SCHWAGER, HONGHUI YAN, NORIHITO MIHOTA, RALF BOEHNKE
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Publication number: 20160072658Abstract: In a transmission circuit that transmits transmission data using an amplitude shift modulation method (ASK modulation method) for changing an amplitude of carrier waves based on the transmission data or a transmission system that uses the transmission circuit, a phase of the carrier waves is changed based on the transmission data to suppress an irradiation of carrier wave components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventor: NORIHITO MIHOTA
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Patent number: 9007981Abstract: Signal distribution, signal switching, and signal collection are performed with a simple configuration. An electronic device comprises a transmission unit (108) for transmitting, as a wireless signal, a signal to be transmitted and a reception unit (208) for receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the transmission unit. In the electronic device, a plurality of pairs of wireless signal transmission points in the transmission unit and wireless signal reception points in the reception unit can be formed. Using the pairs of transmission points and reception points make it possible to execute at least either one of signal distribution in which the same signal to be transmitted from a transmission point is transmitted to the multiple reception points and signal switching in which a signal to be transmitted from a transmission point is selectively transmitted to any of the multiple reception points. The signal to be transmitted is transmitted as a wireless signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Norihito Mihota, Hirofumi Kawamura, Yasuhiro Okada, Naoto Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Akiyama
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Patent number: 8995935Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless communication device, including: a plurality of communication units for transmission adapted to modulate and transmit a transmission subject signal; the communication units for transmission including a communication unit or units for transmission which adopt a method which modulates the amplitude and a communication unit or units for transmission which adopt a modulation method which modulates at least the phase or the frequency and requires transmission power lower than that of the method which modulates the amplitude.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Norihito Mihota
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Patent number: 8988993Abstract: A wireless transmission system including antenna pairs, a demodulation functional unit, and a transmission characteristic correction unit. The antenna pairs include transmission and reception antennae. A desired wave arrives at a reception antenna in a wireless signal from one transmission antenna. Meanwhile, the reception antenna receives an unnecessary wave in a wireless signal transmitted from a different transmission antenna. The demodulation functional unit corresponding to each antenna pair demodulates a signal received by the reception antenna. The transmission characteristic correction unit carries out correction calculation based on a transmission characteristic of a transmission space between the transmission and reception antennae based on demodulation signals demodulated by the demodulation functional units to acquire an output signal corresponding to a transmission subject signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Norihito Mihota
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Publication number: 20150002685Abstract: An imaging device including: a first substrate having a first communication device; a second substrate having a solid-state imaging device and second communication device to exchange signals with the first substrate; a shake correction section adapted to detect the shake of an enclosure and correct the shake based on the detection result by moving the first substrate in the plane vertical to the optical path; and a millimeter wave signal transmission line that permits transmission of information in the millimeter wave band between the first and second communication devices, wherein a signal to be transmitted between the first and second communication devices is converted into a millimeter wave signal first before being transmitted via the millimeter wave signal transmission line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Norihito Mihota, Hirofumi Kawamura, Youtarou Sanada, Ryuichi Yasuhara, Katsuhiko Ueno
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Patent number: 8781412Abstract: A radio transmission system includes: antenna pairs, each antenna pair being a combination of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna in one-to-one correspondence. A radio signal from the transmitting antenna in one of the antenna pairs reaches the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair as a desired wave directly, and a radio signal from the transmitting antenna of another antenna pair different from the one antenna pair reaches the receiving antenna of the one antenna pair as an unnecessary wave directly.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Norihito Mihota
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Patent number: 8736396Abstract: Disclosed herein is a radio communicating device including: a first communicating block; a second communicating block rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the first communicating block; and a radio signal transmission line capable of information transmission by radio between the first communicating block and the second communicating block; wherein between the first communicating block and the second communicating block, a signal to be transmitted is converted into a radio signal of a circularly polarized wave, and the radio signal of the circularly polarized wave is transmitted via the radio signal transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Okada, Norihito Mihota