Patents by Inventor Shimpei NAGAE

Shimpei NAGAE 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: 20240120664
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an array antenna configured to radiate a radio wave. The array antenna includes at least four radiating elements arranged substantially parallel to a beam scanning plane of the radio wave. The at least four radiating elements are arranged substantially parallel to a first principal surface of window glass for a building, with the antenna device arranged such that the array antenna is arranged at the first principal surface of the window glass in a non-contact manner and such that the radio wave is radiated toward a second principal surface of the window glass opposite from the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo MORIMOTO, Fuminori WATANABE, Shimpei NAGAE, Ryuta SONODA, Tetsuya HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240063536
    Abstract: A reflector system, an active reflector, and a method of positioning an active reflector are provided, whereby dead zones can be cancelled efficiently. The reflector system includes: a first active reflector having a first reflecting surface configured to reflect, at a variable reflecting angle, radio waves transmitted from a transmitter, at least a part of the first reflecting surface being in a boundary area located at a boundary between a line-of-sight area and a non-line-of-sight area formed by one or more obstacles that block the radio waves from the transmitter; and a second active reflector having a second reflecting surface configured to reflect, at a variable reflecting angle, the radio waves from the transmitter or the radio waves reflected by the first active reflector, the second reflecting surface being provided in the non-line-of-sight area, or at least a part of the second reflecting surface being provided in the boundary area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichirou TAKAHASHI, Osamu KAGAYA, Akira KUMAGAI, Shimpei NAGAE
  • Publication number: 20230411863
    Abstract: A protective plate-equipped reflective member includes a reflective member that reflects or re-radiates a radio wave incident thereon; and a protective plate that is installed on a radio wave-incident side of the reflective member, wherein d=?×?0/(1.75×?r0.555) and ? is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 1.25, where a wavelength specified with respect to an operating center frequency f0 [Hz] is denoted by ?0 [mm], a plate thickness of the protective plate is denoted by d [mm], a relative permittivity of the protective plate at the operating center frequency f0 [Hz] is denoted by ?r, and a constant is denoted by ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichirou TAKAHASHI, Osamu KAGAYA, Akira KUMAGAI, Shimpei NAGAE