Patents by Inventor Shohhei Fujio

Shohhei Fujio 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: 9949001
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for apparatus for recognizing information stored in an IC tag. An embodiment includes: an antenna part having a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving electric waves from the IC tag, and configured to form a plurality of areas including an area in a readable range of the first antenna, an area in a readable range of the second antenna, and an area in a readable range of the first antenna and the second antenna; a reader part for reading the information stored in the IC tag via the antenna part; and a determination part for determining whether the information stored in the IC tag should have been read by the reader part, based on a presence or absence of information read via the first antenna and the second antenna in the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagawa, Kaoru Fukuda, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 8035567
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20100220055
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: TAKESHI ASANO, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 7719473
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20100007468
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for apparatus for recognizing information stored in an IC tag. An embodiment includes: an antenna part having a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving electric waves from the IC tag, and configured to form a plurality of areas including an area in a readable range of the first antenna, an area in a readable range of the second antenna, and an area in a readable range of the first antenna and the second antenna; a reader part for reading the information stored in the IC tag via the antenna part; and a determination part for determining whether the information stored in the IC tag should have been read by the reader part, based on a presence or absence of information read via the first antenna and the second antenna in the plurality of areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagawa, Kaoru Fukuda, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20080224933
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 7379025
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 7289068
    Abstract: An antenna consisting of a single small and lightweight package, where each radiating element operates independently with reduced interference among the radiating elements. An integrated multi-element planar antenna includes a ground pattern 2 with a notch 2b formed at an end 2a, first radiating element 3 placed on one side of the notch 2b and equipped with a feeder 5, and second radiating element 4 placed on the other side of the notch 2b and equipped with a feeder 5. For example, inverted F antennas are used as the first radiating element 3 and second radiating element 4. The first radiating element 3 and second radiating element 4 are placed symmetrically about the notch 2b such that separation distance will be the largest at locations where their radiation fields are the highest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohhei Fujio, Kazuo Masuda, Takeshi Asano, Masahiro Tsumita, Masaki Kinugasa
  • Patent number: 7271769
    Abstract: Antenna devices are provided comprising antenna structures encapsulated or molded into plastic covers of computing devices to enable wireless communication. For example, one or more antenna structures can be encasulated within, or molded into, a plastic display cover of a portable laptop computer. Embedded antenna designs can include various antenna types that are built using one or more wires or thin metallic strips encapsulated into plastic device covers. Insert/injection molding methods can be used to encapsulate antenna structures in plastic device covers during fabrication of the plastic device covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio, Brian Paul Gaucher, Peter Lee, Duixian Liu, Kazuo Masuda, Hideyuki Usui, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070001911
    Abstract: An antenna consisting of a single small and lightweight package, where each radiating element operates independently with reduced interference among the radiating elements. An integrated multi-element planar antenna includes a ground pattern 2 with a notch 2b formed at an end 2a, first radiating element 3 placed on one side of the notch 2b and equipped with a feeder 5, and second radiating element 4 placed on the other side of the notch 2b and equipped with a feeder 5. For example, inverted F antennas are used as the first radiating element 3 and second radiating element 4. The first radiating element 3 and second radiating element 4 are placed symmetrically about the notch 2b such that separation distance will be the largest at locations where their radiation fields are the highest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Shohhei Fujio, Kazuo Masuda, Takeshi Asano, Masahiro Tsumita, Masaki Kinugasa
  • Publication number: 20060061512
    Abstract: Antenna devices are provided comprising antenna structures encapsulated or molded into plastic covers of computing devices to enable wireless communication. For example, one or more antenna structures can be encasulated within, or molded into, a plastic display cover of a portable laptop computer. Embedded antenna designs can include various antenna types that are built using one or more wires or thin metallic strips encapsulated into plastic device covers. Insert/injection molding methods can be used to encapsulate antenna structures in plastic device covers during fabrication of the plastic device covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio, Brian Gaucher, Peter Lee, Duixian Liu, Kazuo Masuda, Hideyuki Usui, Osamu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6933897
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a rod-shaped antenna element and a feeding part to feed electronic signals to, and receive electronic signals from, the antenna element. The antenna apparatus comprises a first ground plane that is provided parallel to and near the antenna element and that is located to serve as a background to electromagnetic waves radiating from the antenna element in at least one direction. The antenna apparatus also comprises at least a second ground plane that is provided parallel to and near the antenna element and in a direction different from that of the first ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 6877050
    Abstract: When data is transferred from a controller of a liquid crystal display device to each driver through a predetermined number of signal lines, the Transferring Data are divided into a plurality of groups by forming the signal lines into groups beforehand. For each group, the combination of inversion/non-inversion of the data to be transmitted is examined, a well-balanced combination is selected so as to reduce EMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Kanzaki, Hiroshi Yamashita, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20040257283
    Abstract: Antennas for use with computing devices such as laptop computers. In one embodiment, the antennas are integrally formed on a metallic covering of a computing device. In another embodiment, the antennas are integrally formed on a metallic cover of a display unit of a laptop device. For instance, one or more antennas are integrally formed on one or more of the bent edges (sidewalls) of the metallic cover of a display unit (i.e., sides of the cover that are perpendicular to the plane of an LCD unit). In other embodiments, one or more antennas are integrally formed on the metallic cover of the display unit in areas between the LCD and the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio, Brian Paul Gaucher, Peter Lee, Duixian Liu, Kazuo Masuda
  • Publication number: 20040227674
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a rod-shaped antenna element and a feeding part to feed electronic signals to, and receive electronic signals from, the antenna element. The antenna apparatus comprises a first ground plane that is provided parallel to and near the antenna element and that is located to serve as a background to electromagnetic waves radiating from the antenna element in at least one direction. The antenna apparatus also comprises at least a second ground plane that is provided parallel to and near the antenna element and in a direction different from that of the first ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20040222929
    Abstract: An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addition, the antenna unit may also be provided with a ground part which is grounded to the earth and connected to the ground connection point provided on one edge of the inverted F-type antenna element, and a resonance element, one edge of which is connected to the ground part, resonated by the non-feed antenna element through electrical coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Shohhei Fujio
  • Patent number: 6803655
    Abstract: A power lead and a ground lead are connected to corresponding pads of a die through an intra-package wiring substrate. A ground plane is formed in a mold under the intra-package wiring substrate extending along the bottom surface of the mold, and connected to the ground lead. A decoupling capacitor is connected to power wiring and the ground plane to prevent EMI caused by switching noise current generated by the power circuit of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shohhei Fujio, Hideki Kabayama
  • Publication number: 20020038396
    Abstract: When data is transferred from a controller of a liquid crystal display device to each driver through a predetermined number of signal lines, the Transferring Data are divided into a plurality of groups by forming the signal lines into groups beforehand. For each group, the combination of inversion/non-inversion of the data to be transmitted is examined, a well-balanced combination is selected so as to reduce EMI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: IBM
    Inventors: Eisuke Kanzaki, Hiroshi Yamashita, Shohhei Fujio
  • Publication number: 20020020915
    Abstract: A power lead and a ground lead are connected to corresponding pads of a die through an intra-package wiring substrate. A ground plane is formed in a mold under the intra-package wiring substrate extending along the bottom surface of the mold, and connected to the ground lead. A decoupling capacitor is connected to power wiring and the ground plane to prevent EMI caused by switching noise current generated by the power circuit of the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohhei Fujio, Hideki Kabayama