Patents by Inventor Osamu Kagami

Osamu Kagami 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: 10777909
    Abstract: Provided is a loop antenna array that can easily create a magnetic field distribution which enables the boundary of a communication area to be clearly set. 2n loop antennae are provided adjacently to one another, where n is a natural number. The directions of currents in adjacent ones of the loop antennae are opposite to each other. For example, in a loop antenna array, two loop antennae are disposed adjacently to each other on an insulator substrate. First feed points energize one loop antenna and second feed points energize the other loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Telegrah and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Fumiharu Morisawa, Hiroki Morimura, Tsutomu Mizota, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 10700432
    Abstract: A loop antenna array capable of forming a clear boundary of a communication area is provided. The loop antenna array includes three loop antennas, in which a direction of a current flowing through the loop antenna arranged in the middle and a direction of a current flowing through each of the loop antennas arranged on both sides of the loop antenna arranged in the middle are opposite from each other, and the sum of magnetic moments of the three loop antennas is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Souichi Oka, Fumiharu Morisawa, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 10680333
    Abstract: Provided is a loop antenna which can contribute to an increase of an area of a radio system using a magnetic field. The loop antenna includes a main loop 1 which is an open loop connected to a signal source 5 or a reception circuit; and an amplification loop 2 which is a closed loop having the same shape as the main loop 1. The main loop 1 and the amplification loop 2 are arranged on a same surface of a flat substrate formed of an insulator. A first capacitance is connected to the main loop 1, and a second capacitance is connected to the amplification loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Mizota, Hiroki Morimura, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 10454172
    Abstract: A main loop is an open loop that is wound on a bar-shaped rod formed of a magnetic body or an insulation body and that has terminals T and T that couple a signal source or a receiving circuit to the main loop. The number of turns is 1 or more. An amplifying loop is wound on a part of the rod that is different from the part on which the main loop is wound. The main loop and the amplifying loop are thus spaced from each other. The amplifying loop is a closed loop including no terminals. The number of turns is 1 or more. The number of turns may be the same as or different from the number of turns of the main loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Mizota, Hiroki Morimura, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 10340598
    Abstract: A loop antenna array that can form a linear and clear communication area boundary is provided. The loop antenna array includes two loop antennas. Currents flow through the loop antennas in opposite directions from each other. In other words, viewing in a direction passing through each of the loop antennas, at a timing when a positive voltage is applied to a signal terminal of an alternating-current source, a clockwise current flows through one loop antenna while a counterclockwise current flows through the other loop antenna. Conversely, at a timing when a negative voltage is applied to the signal terminal of the alternating-current source, a counterclockwise current flows through one loop antenna while a clockwise current flows through the other loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Fumiharu Morisawa, Souichi Oka, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20190058253
    Abstract: A loop antenna array capable of forming a clear boundary of a communication area is provided. The loop antenna array includes three loop antennas, in which a direction of a current flowing through the loop antenna arranged in the middle and a direction of a current flowing through each of the loop antennas arranged on both sides of the loop antenna arranged in the middle are opposite from each other, and the sum of magnetic moments of the three loop antennas is zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Souichi Oka, Fumiharu Morisawa, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 10177823
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna control technique for forming the boundary of a communication area at a desired location. An antenna parameter control apparatus 2 calculates an antenna parameter in a case of feeding electric currents with an equal intensity in mutually reverse directions to two antennas 1A, 1B which generate a magnetic field. The antenna parameter control apparatus 2 includes an input parameter acquisition unit 21 that acquires input parameters for calculating the antenna parameter; and a parameter calculation unit 22 that calculates an inter-center distance d between the antennas 1A, 1B as the antenna parameter based on the input parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Fumiharu Morisawa, Souichi Oka, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20180342806
    Abstract: A main loop is an open loop that is wound on a bar-shaped rod formed of a magnetic body or an insulation body and that has terminals T and T that couple a signal source or a receiving circuit to the main loop. The number of turns is 1 or more. An amplifying loop is wound on a part of the rod that is different from the part on which the main loop is wound. The main loop and the amplifying loop are thus spaced from each other. The amplifying loop is a closed loop including no terminals. The number of turns is 1 or more. The number of turns may be the same as or different from the number of turns of the main loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Mizota, Hiroki Morimura, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20180287257
    Abstract: A loop antenna array that can form a linear and clear communication area boundary is provided. The loop antenna array includes two loop antennas. Currents flow through the loop antennas in opposite directions from each other. In other words, viewing in a direction passing through each of the loop antennas, at a timing when a positive voltage is applied to a signal terminal of an alternating-current source, a clockwise current flows through one loop antenna while a counterclockwise current flows through the other loop antenna. Conversely, at a timing when a negative voltage is applied to the signal terminal of the alternating-current source, a counterclockwise current flows through one loop antenna while a clockwise current flows through the other loop antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Fumiharu Morisawa, Souichi Oka, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20180277953
    Abstract: Provided is a loop antenna which can contribute to an increase of an area of a radio system using a magnetic field. The loop antenna includes a main loop 1 which is an open loop connected to a signal source 5 or a reception circuit; and an amplification loop 2 which is a closed loop having the same shape as the main loop 1. The main loop 1 and the amplification loop 2 are arranged on a same surface of a flat substrate formed of an insulator. A first capacitance is connected to the main loop 1, and a second capacitance is connected to the amplification loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Tsutomu Mizota, Hiroki Morimura, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20180205157
    Abstract: Provided is a loop antenna array that can easily create a magnetic field distribution which enables the boundary of a communication area to be clearly set. 2n loop antennae are provided adjacently to one another, where n is a natural number. The directions of currents in adjacent ones of the loop antennae are opposite to each other. For example, in a loop antenna array, two loop antennae are disposed adjacently to each other on an insulator substrate. First feed points energize one loop antenna and second feed points energize the other loop antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Fumiharu Morisawa, Hiroki Morimura, Tsutomu Mizota, Osamu Kagami
  • Publication number: 20180109296
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna control technique for forming the boundary of a communication area at a desired location. An antenna parameter control apparatus 2 calculates an antenna parameter in a case of feeding electric currents with an equal intensity in mutually reverse directions to two antennas 1A, 1B which generate a magnetic field. The antenna parameter control apparatus 2 includes an input parameter acquisition unit 21 that acquires input parameters for calculating the antenna parameter; and a parameter calculation unit 22 that calculates an inter-center distance d between the antennas 1A, 1B as the antenna parameter based on the input parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ai-ichiro Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Fumiharu Morisawa, Souichi Oka, Osamu Kagami
  • Patent number: 8248975
    Abstract: A wireless transmitting apparatus inserts a training signal into a transmission burst at fixed symbol intervals as a pilot signal, a wireless receiving apparatus performs AD conversion of a received burst signal, performs symbol timing recovery, performs frame position detection and pilot signal extraction from the received burst signal for which symbol timing was established, performs frame synchronization, and performs a carrier frequency estimation using pilot signal. A carrier frequency estimation is also performed with respect to a received burst signal for which frame synchronization was established, and channel distortion is estimated and output based on a frequency-corrected received burst signal. Channel distortion estimation is then performed with respect to a frequency-corrected received burst signal, and a data symbol sequence of the channel-compensated received burst signal is converted to a received data bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Fujita, Daisei Uchida, Yosuke Fujino, Osamu Kagami, Masahiro Umehira
  • Publication number: 20090285137
    Abstract: A wireless transmitting apparatus inserts a training signal into a transmission burst at fixed symbol intervals as a pilot signal, a wireless receiving apparatus performs AD conversion of a received burst signal, performs symbol timing recovery, performs frame position detection and pilot signal extraction from the received burst signal for which symbol timing was established, performs frame synchronization, and performs a carrier frequency estimation using pilot signal. A carrier frequency estimation is also performed with respect to a received burst signal for which frame synchronization was established, and channel distortion is estimated and output based on a frequency-corrected received burst signal. Channel distortion estimation is then performed with respect to a frequency-corrected received burst signal, and a data symbol sequence of the channel-compensated received burst signal is converted to a received data bit stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Fujita, Daisei Uchida, Yosuke Fujino, Osamu Kagami, Masahiro Umehira
  • Publication number: 20080254519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a picolinic acid compound. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for producing a picolinic acid compound, which comprises reacting an aromatic compound that contains a phenyl group represented by the following formula (I), (II), or (III) with aromatic ring dioxygenase, aromatic ring dihydrodiol dehydrogenase, and aromatic ring diol dioxygenase, and obtaining a picolinic acid compound (I?), (II?), or (III?). wherein, H1 is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, A1 is a single bond or an optionally substituted C1-4 alkylene group or alkenylene group, P2 is an optionally substituted phenyl group, and C1 is an optionally substituted cyclic hydrocarbon group (excluding a phenyl group), and where formula II does not represent diphenylacetylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Shindo, Osamu Kagami, Norihiko Misawa, Kensuke Furukawa
  • Patent number: 5479443
    Abstract: A digital radio-relay system has a transmitting terminal station, at least one repeater station a receiving terminal station, a non-regenerative repeater station which does not regenerate a digital signal in order to simplify and reduce cost of the system, while keeping excellent signal quality in transmission. Each repeater station has a plurality of sub-units relating to respective sub-system signals each having a plurality of carriers so that the frequency spectrum of each sub-system signal is allocated on a frequency axis based upon a frequency division multiplex system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kagami, Kazuji Watanabe, Kozo Morita