Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Hirata

Seiichiro Hirata 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: 8912949
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a system with which 3-dimensional position can be accurately measured. Plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1), periodically transmitting PN codes of M system and preliminarily disposed on known positions are provided, a server (3) to synchronize the plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1) is provided, an RF tag (T), attached to a moving object (20) as to receive signals (I0) synchronously and periodically transmitted from the UWB transmitter-receivers (1) and reflect the signals (I0) adding inherent tag recognition signal, is provided, and the UWB transmitter-receiver (1) is composed as to obtain the distance to the moving object (20) attached with the RF tag (T) by synchronous summation and correlative calculation of the PN codes of M system reflected by the RF tag (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: The University of Electro-Communications, Git Japan Incorporated, Sensorcomm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Nobuo Nakajima, Shogo Ida, Harumasa Hojo
  • Publication number: 20120176272
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a system with which 3-dimensional position can be accurately measured. Plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1), periodically transmitting PN codes of M system and preliminarily disposed on known positions are provided, a server (3) to synchronize the plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1) is provided, an RF tag (T), attached to a moving object (20) as to receive signals (I0) synchronously and periodically transmitted from the UWB transmitter-receivers (1) and reflect the signals (I0) adding inherent tag recognition signal, is provided, and the UWB transmitter-receiver (1) is composed as to obtain the distance to the moving object (20) attached with the RF tag (T) by synchronous summation and correlative calculation of the PN codes of M system reflected by the RF tag (T).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Nobuo Nakajima, Shogo Ida, Harumasa Hojo
  • Patent number: 7999732
    Abstract: A receiver terminal receives a frequency from an external reference oscillator portion, which is more accurate than that of a frequency generated within the receiver in a local oscillator portion. The frequency from the local oscillator portion is measured using the external frequency as the reference, which determines the error in the local oscillator frequency relative to the external reference and permits the local oscillator frequency to be corrected to within the error of the external oscillator frequency. A plurality of candidate values for the remaining local frequency error are selected within a predetermined frequency range to include any remaining error of the local oscillator frequency. The received signal from a satellite is correlated with a matching pseudorandom code to detect the signal and measure the signal delay and Doppler shift of the signal relative to the corrected local oscillator frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 7764227
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes a correlator 30 for calculating a correlation between the pseudo pattern code of each of satellites 1 and 2 and each of SPS signals associated with the satellites 1 and 2, and for outputting a correlation value indicating the correlation, sets up effective ranges ?1 and ?2 for the correlation values outputted from the correlator 30 on the basis of a pseudo distance PR1 between the satellite 1 and a SPS reference station 4, and a pseudo distance PR2 between the satellite 2 and the SPS reference station 4, and detects peak values which fall within the effective ranges ?1 and ?2, respectively. As a result, the positioning apparatus can determine the current position correctly even under a receiving environment in which the electric waves directly from the satellites 1 and 2 may become weak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Nakamoto, Fumio Ueda, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20090289841
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes a correlator 30 for calculating a correlation between the pseudo pattern code of each of satellites 1 and 2 and each of SPS signals associated with the satellites 1 and 2, and for outputting a correlation value indicating the correlation, sets up effective ranges ?1 and ?2 for the correlation values outputted from the correlator 30 on the basis of a pseudo distance PR1 between the satellite 1 and a SPS reference station 4, and a pseudo distance PR2 between the satellite 2 and the SPS reference station 4, and detects peak values which fall within the effective ranges ?1 and ?2, respectively. As a result, the positioning apparatus can determine the current position correctly even under a receiving environment in which the electric waves directly from the satellites 1 and 2 may become weak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Nakamoto, Fumio Ueda, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 7528771
    Abstract: A receiver terminal receives a frequency from an external reference oscillator portion, which is more accurate than that of a frequency generated within the receiver in a local oscillator portion. The frequency from the local oscillator portion is measured using the external frequency as the reference, which determines the error in the local oscillator frequency relative to the external reference and permits the local oscillator frequency to be corrected to within the error of the external oscillator frequency. A plurality of candidate values for the remaining local frequency error are selected within a predetermined frequency range to include any remaining error of the local oscillator frequency. The received signal from a satellite is correlated with a matching pseudorandom code to detect the signal and measure the signal delay and Doppler shift of the signal relative to the corrected local oscillator frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20090066566
    Abstract: A receiver terminal receives a frequency from an external reference oscillator portion, which is more accurate than that of a frequency generated within the receiver in a local oscillator portion. The frequency from the local oscillator portion is measured using the external frequency as the reference, which determines the error in the local oscillator frequency relative to the external reference and permits the local oscillator frequency to be corrected to within the error of the external oscillator frequency. A plurality of candidate values for the remaining local frequency error are selected within a predetermined frequency range to include any remaining error of the local oscillator frequency. The received signal from a satellite is correlated with a matching pseudorandom code to detect the signal and measure the signal delay and Doppler shift of the signal relative to the corrected local oscillator frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: Nobuhiro KISHIMOTO, Seiichiro HIRATA
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20080272960
    Abstract: A receiver terminal receives a frequency from an external reference oscillator portion, which is more accurate than that of a frequency generated within the receiver in a local oscillator portion. The frequency from the local oscillator portion is measured using the external frequency as the reference, which determines the error in the local oscillator frequency relative to the external reference and permits the local oscillator frequency to be corrected to within the error of the external oscillator frequency. A plurality of candidate values for the remaining local frequency error are selected within a predetermined frequency range to include any remaining error of the local oscillator frequency. The received signal from a satellite is correlated with a matching pseudorandom code to detect the signal and measure the signal delay and Doppler shift of the signal relative to the corrected local oscillator frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 7408504
    Abstract: A GPS positioning method to obtain pseudorange between a receiver terminal and a satellite by capturing a portion of received satellite signals of a predetermined time duration. A predetermined number of first input signals, equivalent to 1-bit of navigation data, are obtained with various delays in the starting point of processing. The first input signals are synchronously summed up to obtain second input signals. A PN code replica (pseudopattern) prepared by the receiver terminal operates on the second input signals to detect the polarity of the navigation bits and correct the polarity of the bits so that the bit polarity of the second input signals are always positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Magellan Systems Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20060014907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition for a tendon for prestressed concrete; wherein being applied on the surface of the tendon for a tendon for prestressed concrete; comprising oxidation-curing type resin modified with fatty acid, and metal catalyst to promote the curing of the resin; and curing time thereof is adjusted so that tensioning by the tendon can be exerted 30 days or later after casting of the concrete. The coating composition can be used safely almost without cutaneous stimulation, and enable effective tensioning even after hardening of the concrete when applied to massive concrete structure. Further, the coating composition exhibits excellent storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Shoji Shirahama, Toshio Kobayashi, Ichirou Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20050171302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition for PC tendon, which is applied on surface of the PC tendon. This composition includes epoxy resin, multifunctional isocyanate compound, calcium oxide and water, and further includes water-absorbing polymer as necessary. A curing time thereof is adjusted so that tensioning by the PC tendon can be exerted 30 days or later after casting of the concrete. Accordingly, even when applied to a massive concrete structure, the coating composition enables effective tensioning after hardening of the concrete, while exhibiting excellent storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Shoji Shirahama, Toshio Kobayashi, Ichirou Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20050116860
    Abstract: A GPS positioning method to obtain pseudorange between a receiver terminal and a satellite by capturing a portion of received satellite signals of a predetermined time duration. A predetermined number of first input signals, equivalent to 1-bit of navigation data, are obtained with various delays in the starting point of processing. The first input signals are synchronously summed up to obtain second input signals. A PN code replica (pseudopattern) prepared by the receiver terminal operates on the second input signals to detect the polarity of the navigation bits and correct the polarity of the bits so that the bit polarity of the second input signals are always positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kishimoto, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 6674402
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System carries out Doppler correction of a C/A code sequence after a frequency conversion, and calculates a pseudo range by performing correlation calculation between the C/A code, which is obtained by summing up the C/A code sequence beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined at a correlation peak detecting step ST10, and a C/A code generated in a GPS terminal. When a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector 11 is good, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data extracted by the GPS terminal itself, whereas when the received electric field is poor, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data sent from an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Magellan Corporation, Magellan Systems Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Sergy V. Lyusin
  • Publication number: 20030030584
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System carries out Doppler correction of a C/A code sequence after a frequency conversion, and calculates a pseudo range by performing correlation calculation between the C/A code, which is obtained by summing up the C/A code sequence beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined at a correlation peak detecting step ST10, and a C/A code generated in a GPS terminal. When a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector 11 is good, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data extracted by the GPS terminal itself, whereas when the received electric field is poor, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data sent from an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Sergy V. Lyusin
  • Patent number: 6483457
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System carries out Doppler correction of a C/A code sequence after a frequency conversion, and calculates a pseudo range by performing correlation calculation between the C/A code, which is obtained by summing up the C/A code sequence beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined at a correlation peak detecting step ST10, and a C/A code generated in a GPS terminal. When a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector 11 is good, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data extracted by the GPS terminal itself, whereas when the received electric field is poor, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data sent from an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Magellan Corporation, Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Sergy V. Lyusin
  • Patent number: 6437736
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System forms a C/A code sequence by summing up, beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined by a correlation peak position detector, chips at corresponding positions in PN frames constituting each bit of navigation data; calculates pseudo ranges by computing correlation between the C/A code sequence and a reference C/A code sequence generated by a GPS terminal; and determines the position of the GPS terminal using the pseudo ranges and navigation data. The navigation data detected inside the GPS terminal is used when a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector is greater than a predetermined level, and the navigation data received from an external system is used when the received electric field is below the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumio Ueda, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20020093452
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System carries out Doppler correction of a C/A code sequence after a frequency conversion, and calculates a pseudo range by performing correlation calculation between the C/A code, which is obtained by summing up the C/A code sequence beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined at a correlation peak detecting step ST10, and a C/A code generated in a GPS terminal. When a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector 11 is good, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data extracted by the GPS terminal itself, whereas when the received electric field is poor, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data sent from an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha/Magellan Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Sergy V. Lyusin
  • Patent number: 6387310
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition for prestressed concrete tendon, wherein the composition does not harden until the completion of the straining of the tendon, which is the inherent object in the post-tension technique, even if the heat storage temperature in the concrete structures elevates from 30° C. to 80° C. or higher due to heat of hydration reaction in setting a concrete, particularly 95° C. that is the maximum temperature in solidifying a concrete, and the composition including the site of 30° C. or lower where there is substantially no partial heat storage due to heat of hydration reaction in setting the concrete hardens within the prescribed period of time under spontaneous environmental temperature after the subsequent natural cooling, thereby achieving anti-rust and anti-corrosion of the tendon and also adhesion and integral bonding of the tendon and the concrete, a use method thereof and a prestressed concrete tendon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iizuka, Toshio Kobayashi, Mutsuhiko Ohnisi, Seiichiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 6329946
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System carries out Doppler correction of a C/A code sequence after a frequency conversion, and calculates a pseudo range by performing correlation calculation between the C/A code, which is obtained by summing up the C/A code sequence beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined at a correlation peak detecting step ST10, and a C/A code generated in a GPS terminal. When a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector 11 is good, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data extracted by the GPS terminal itself, whereas when the received electric field is poor, the current position is determined from the pseudo range and the navigation data sent from an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Magellan Corporation, Magellan Systems Japan Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Sergy V. Lyusin
  • Publication number: 20010028322
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System forms a C/A code sequence by summing up, beginning from a polarity inversion boundary determined by a correlation peak position detector, chips at corresponding positions in PN frames constituting each bit of navigation data; calculates pseudo ranges by computing correlation between the C/A code sequence and a reference C/A code sequence generated by a GPS terminal; and determines the position of the GPS terminal using the pseudo ranges and navigation data. The navigation data detected inside the GPS terminal is used when a received electric field detected by a received electric field intensity detector is greater than a predetermined level, and the navigation data received from an external system is used when the received electric field is below the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Fumio Ueda, Seiichiro Hirata