Patents by Inventor Shoichi Minagawa

Shoichi Minagawa 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: 6600430
    Abstract: A vehicle wireless data communication system of the invention comprises: a portable device including wireless data communication means and storing means for storing a network setting-up code; and a vehicle carried device including wireless data communication means and storing means for storing a network setting-up code corresponding to the network setting-up code of the portable device, wherein when the portable device approaches to a position within a communication range of the vehicle carried device (S1), an inquiry communication is carried out to compare the network setting-up codes for verification (S2), and when the network setting-up codes are coincident with each other (S3, S5), a wireless link is set up and the vehicle carried device is rendered active (S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Clarion, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Minagawa, Kazuhiro Ido
  • Publication number: 20010020891
    Abstract: A vehicle wireless data communication system of the invention comprises: a portable device including wireless data communication means and storing means for storing a network setting-up code; and a vehicle carried device including wireless data communication means and storing means for storing a network setting-up code corresponding to the network setting-up code of the portable device, wherein when the portable device approaches to a position within a communication range of the vehicle carried device (S1), an inquiry communication is carried out to compare the network setting-up codes for verification (S2), and when the network setting-up codes are coincident with each other (S3, S5), a wireless link is set up and the vehicle carried device is rendered active (S6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Shoichi Minagawa, Kazuhiro Ido
  • Patent number: 5105436
    Abstract: A spread spectrum receiver using a correlator includes a pattern matching circuit for deciding presence or absence of a pulse output which is obtained upon coincidence between the pattern of a correlator output and a predetermined pattern, so as to switch a PN code inside the receiver or the center frequency of a received signal when absence of the pulse output is acknowledged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Mori, Masahiro Hamatsu, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 5048052
    Abstract: The present invention is a spread spectrum communications system where the plural pseudonoise codes are switched such that one pseudonoise code represents binary "1" and another pseudonoise code represents binary "0" of the binary data to be transmitted. Further, in the receiver, a reference pseudonoise code is generated which is asynchronous with respect to the carrier and with respect to the pseudonoise codes of the transmitter. The reference pseudonoise code is used in a convolver to reproduce the transmitted information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hamatsu, Shoichi Minagawa, Masaharu Mori
  • Patent number: 5033063
    Abstract: A surface-acoustic-wave device includes at least two surface-acoustic-wave transducers made from metal and disposed along a surface acoustic wave propagating direction on a piezoelectric substrate. At least one of the transducers has a different bandwidth, and a convolver output gate electrode in the form a rectangular metal layer is provided between the transducer having the different bandwidth and another transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4841470
    Abstract: A differential phase shift keying convolver having a plurality of tracks includes at least one track where an opposite phase convolution output is produced. Each track includes two output gates spaced at the center for differential phase shift keying demodulation. Among these output gates, some gates selected in accordance with the phase relationship between convolution outputs are connected to provide sum and/or difference outputs of the convolution signals. The opposite phase convolution outputs can be produced by arranging at least one of the input transducers in a step-like configuration, by using multistrip couplers, or by providing a metal film in a selected position of the traveling path of surface acoustic waves for application of a control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Clarion, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Teruo Niitsuma, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4757226
    Abstract: A monolithic SAW convolver comprises a piezoelectric film, an insulator, a semiconductive epitaxial film and a high-concentrated semiconductive substrate. The semiconductive epitaxial film has a thickness in a predetermined range to improve the efficiency and the temperature property of the convolver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syuichi Mitsutsuka, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4745378
    Abstract: The surface acoustic wave device includes a plurality of output gate electrodes provided between two signal input transducers on a piezoelectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, so that each output gate electrode receives a bias voltage unique to it and supplies an output signal based on the unique bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Niitsuma, Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4625184
    Abstract: The surface acoustic wave device comprises an elastic substrate, a piezoelectric film deposited on the elastic substrate, and transducers and matching circuits both provided on the piezoelectric film or along the interface between the piezoelectric film and the elastic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Niitsuma, Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4602183
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises an elastic substrate; a lower electrode provided on the elastic substrate; a piezo-electric film covering the lower electrode; and plural upper electrodes which each include plural electrode fingers and are aligned with and spaced from each other on the piezoelectric film in confrontation with the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa, Teruo Niitsuma
  • Patent number: 4599532
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises a piezoelectric substrate, a pair of transducers provided on the piezoelectric substrate, a center electrode provided in the center between the both transducers, first shield electrode provided between one of the transducers and the center electrode, and second shield electrode provided between the other transducer and the center electrode, with placement substantially represented by: ##EQU1## where l.sub.1 is the width of the individual shield electrodes, l.sub.2 is the distance from the individual shield electrodes to the center electrode, .lambda..sub.0 is the wavelength of a surface acoustic wave at the center frequency, and n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 are whole numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4567393
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises a silicon substrate, an aluminum nitride layer provided on the silicon substrate, a zinc oxide layer provided on the aluminum nitride layer, and electrodes provided on either the silicon substrate, aluminum nitride layer or zinc oxide layer. Propagation is in the [001]- or [011]-axis direction on (100) Si, [001]- or [110]-axis on (110) Si, [112]-axis on (111) Si, or [111]-axis on (112) Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Asai, Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4567392
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises a silicon substrate, a silicon dioxide layer provided on the silicon substrate, a zinc oxide layer provided on the silicon dioxide layer and input and output electrodes provided on the zinc oxide layer. The silicon substrate is cut by a crystalline surface substantially equivalent to the (100)- or (110)-surface, and the zinc oxide layer is such that its crystalline surface substantially equivalent to the (0001)-surface is parallel to the cut-surface of the silicon substrate, so that a surface acoustic wave entered from the input electrode is propagated to the output electrode in a direction substantially equivalent to the [011]- or [001]-axis of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Asai, Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4562371
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises a silicon substrate, a conductive layer provided on the silicon substrate, a silicon dioxide layer provided on the conductive layer, input and output electrodes provided on the silicon dioxide layer for input and output of a surface acoustic wave, and a zinc oxide layer provided on the electrodes. The silicon substrate is cut by a crystalline surface substantially equivalent to the (111)-surface, and the zinc oxide layer is such that its crystalline surface substantially equivalent to the (0001)-surface is parallel to the cut-surface of the silicon substrate, so that the surface acoustic wave entered by the input electrode travels to the output electrode in a direction substantially equivalent to the [112]-axis of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Asai, Takeshi Okamato, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4543533
    Abstract: The parametric amplifier includes plurality of parameter changing or exciting regions provided in a periodic array on a wave propagation medium having the property that waves having different frequencies travel through the medium at different velocities, so as to cause a parametric action only when a wave applied to the amplifier satisfies a predetermined condition relative to the dispersive nature of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Minagawa, Takeshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 4531107
    Abstract: Acoustic surface wave device comprising a lower electrode disposed on an elastic substrate and an upper electrode consisting of two comb-shaped electrodes disposed apart from each other, opposite to said lower electrode through a piezoelectric film covering said lower electrode, at least one of said lower and upper electrodes being constructed as an apodized electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa, Teruo Niitsuma
  • Patent number: 4529995
    Abstract: Variable capacitance device consisting of a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, at least one second conductivity type semiconductor region formed in a surface portion of said first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a barrier for generating a depletion layer formed on the surface opposite to said surface portion of said first conductivity type semiconductor layer, in which a capacitance reading-out section is disposed on said at least one second conductivity type semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamasa Sakai, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4521711
    Abstract: A surface-acoustic-wave device includes a transducer in which three transducer electrodes are provided on a non-piezoelectric or piezoelectric substrate with 0.degree., 120.degree. and 240.degree. phases, and one of the leading electrodes connected to one of the transducer electrodes extends along the surface of a piezoelectric layer provided on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Shoichi Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4491811
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device in which first electrodes are provided on a piezoelectric film deposited on an elastic substrate, second electrodes between the piezoelectric film and the elastic substrate, and third electrode within the piezoelectric film, respectively, so that an electric signal is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Niitsuma, Shoichi Minagawa, Takeshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 4480209
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a silicon substrate having a main surface with a given crystalline orientation, a zinc oxide layer deposited on the main surface of the silicon substrate and a dielectric layer as well as electrodes both formed in contact with said zinc oxide layer, so that a surface acoustic wave will be propagated along a given crystalline axis direction of the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okamoto, Ryuichi Asai, Shoichi Minagawa