Patents by Inventor Souichi Oka

Souichi Oka 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: 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: 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: 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: 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