Patents by Inventor Tadashi Morita

Tadashi Morita 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: 10609507
    Abstract: An application program relating to a process of an integrated circuit is stored in a virtual integrated circuit storage area server apparatus. Following a mutual authentication between the IC and the virtual storage area server apparatus through a portable communication function unit, the server apparatus executes the application program. Additionally, through the IC, the portable communication function unit, a wireless communication line, and a network, communicate with an IC_R/W apparatus and perform a process relating to a service in collaboration with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamagata, Shigeru Arisawa, Kenji Nakada, Akira Fukada, Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10608704
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 10509103
    Abstract: A radar device employs a configuration provided with: a receiver which, in operation, receives one or more radar transmission signals transmitted from another radar device, in an interference measurement segment in which transmission of a radar transmission signal from the radar device is stopped; A/D conversion circuitry which, in operation, converts the one or more radar transmission signals from the other radar device received by the receiver from one or more analog signals into one or more digital signals; and an interference detection circuitry which, in operation, performs a correlation calculation between each of one or more discrete samples that is the one or more digital signals and a prescribed coefficient sequence to detect one or more prescribed frequency components included in the one or more digital signals, as one or more interference signal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Tadashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20190348237
    Abstract: To provide an arc suppression device that blocks AC power and is capable of prolonging a life of a breaker for switching between supply and block of the AC power from an AC power supply. An arc suppression device includes current limiting circuits provided in parallel to a breaker for switching between supply and block of AC power from an AC power supply corresponding to a bidirectional current from the AC power supply in parallel, in which each of the current limiting circuits blocks a current from the AC power supply when the AC power from the AC power supply is supplied to a load and blocks the current from the AC power supply after a current that is generated by a potential difference is flowed, the potential difference being caused at the time of blocking when the supply of the AC power from the AC power supply to the load is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10461569
    Abstract: A system that acquires information indicating a variation in voltage corresponding to each of a plurality of nodes connected to a direct-current (DC) line; and identifies a topology of the plurality of nodes connected to the DC line based on the acquired information indicating the variation in voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10454224
    Abstract: An object is to provide a DC power supply connector that can suppress occurrence of an arc discharge at DC power off with a small-scale configuration without reducing power efficiency during DC power supply and can reduce heat generation. The connector includes, on at least any of a positive-electrode-side electrode side and a negative-electrode-side electrode side, a movable contact piece (20c) that touches a first contact (25) in a state where a terminal (11) on a power receiving side has been inserted and to touch a second contact (24) in a state where the terminal has not been inserted, and a current limiting circuit (30) including a switching element (T1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10447045
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a power control device capable of equalizing power between storage batteries in supplying direct-current power through three wires, that is, the positive electrode wire, the neutral wire, and the negative electrode wire. The storage batteries are connected in series between the positive electrode wire and the neutral wire and between the neutral wire and the negative electrode wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20190260422
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihide FUJII, Tadashi MORITA, Shigeru ARISAWA, Yoshihisa TAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10379209
    Abstract: A radar device includes: a transmission beam controller that selects, every first period, a transmission beam set used for transmission of a radar signal from among a plurality of transmission beam sets each including at least two transmission beam directions; and a radar transmitter that transmits the radar signal in a predetermined transmission period by using the selected transmission beam set, wherein the transmission beam controller switching, every second period within the first period, among the at least two transmission beam directions included in the transmission beam set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Tadashi Morita, Kiyotaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10355750
    Abstract: A method for a communication device includes determining whether a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a level of at least a first predetermined field threshold is detected. The method also includes generating a second RF signal at a level of at least a second predetermined field threshold greater than the first predetermined field threshold, when the communication device receives an instruction to generate the second RF signal and the determining determines that the first RF signal at the level of at least the first predetermined field threshold is not detected. The method further includes receiving a load modulated RF signal in response to the second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihide Fujii, Tadashi Morita, Shigeru Arisawa, Yoshihisa Takayama
  • Patent number: 10326270
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a DC power transmission device capable of supplying properly a previously agreed amount of power between the power transmission side and the power reception side when customers supply power to each other. [Solution] Provided is the DC power transmission device including: a power supply request acquisition unit configured to acquire a power supply request from a DC power reception device, the DC power reception device being configured to receive DC power from a DC bus line; and a transmission power decision unit configured to decide a parameter of DC power to be outputted to the DC power reception device via the DC bus line based on the power supply request and a characteristic of a power storage device, the power storage device being configured to supply DC power to the DC bus line. The parameter includes power transmission time of DC power that reflects a power transmission loss occurred until DC power reaches the DC power reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20190173289
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a power control apparatus capable of using a converter at the optimum conversion efficiency when transferring power between nodes through a power line. [Solution] There is provided a power control apparatus including: an acquisition section configured to acquire information from a node on a power reception side which receives power through a power line, the information pertaining to a characteristic of a conversion device that converts voltage between the power line and a storage battery on the power reception side; and a setting section configured to use the information acquired by the acquisition section and a characteristic of a conversion device that converts voltage between the power line and a storage battery on a power transmission side to set voltage of the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: DAISUKE KAWAMOTO, TADASHI MORITA, MARIO TOKORO
  • Patent number: 10288732
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a first correlation circuit that computes correlation of a first wave detection signal, which is a phase-modulated input wave detected at determined frequency, with a determined code sequence for every code composing the determined code sequence, and to generate first correlation signals the number of which corresponds to a code sequence length, which is a length of the determined code sequence; and a control circuit that rotates phases of the first correlation signals, generates an added value by adding the phase-rotated first correlation signals, and determines based on the added value whether the phase-modulated input wave is a return wave from a determined object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Morita, Masahiko Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20190101617
    Abstract: A radar device employs a configuration provided with: a receiver which, in operation, receives one or more radar transmission signals transmitted from another radar device, in an interference measurement segment in which transmission of a radar transmission signal from the radar device is stopped; A/D conversion circuitry which, in operation, converts the one or more radar transmission signals from the other radar device received by the receiver from one or more analog signals into one or more digital signals; and an interference detection circuitry which, in operation, performs a correlation calculation between each of one or more discrete samples that is the one or more digital signals and a prescribed coefficient sequence to detect one or more prescribed frequency components included in the one or more digital signals, as one or more interference signal components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takaaki KISHIGAMI, Tadashi MORITA
  • Patent number: 10247810
    Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a correlator which, in operation, calculates a correlation value between the digital transmission pulse signals and the digital reception pulse signals, an error estimator which, in operation, estimates, on the basis of the correlation value, an I component error and a Q component error included in the digital reception pulse signals, a correction parameter calculator which, in operation, calculates a correction parameter for correcting the I component error and the Q component error, and an error corrector which, in operation, corrects, on the basis of the correction parameter, the I component error and the Q component error included in at least one of the digital transmission pulse signals and the digital reception pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10243347
    Abstract: An isolated DC power supply device that supplies direct current (DC) power via a positive electrode line, a negative electrode line, and a neutral line to which a signal is applied, the isolated DC power supply device including: an amplifying unit configured to amplify the DC power; a receiving unit configured to detect an occurrence of a ground leakage current flowing to the positive electrode line or the negative electrode line, compare a voltage of the neutral point with a voltage of the signal of the neutral line and connect the neutral line with a ground point via a coil; and an impedance adjusting circuit configured to be installed between the amplifying unit and the receiving unit and adjust an impedance in a voltage range of the signal applied to the neutral line and in a voltage range other than the signal voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Morita
  • Publication number: 20190086891
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control apparatus capable of optimum power interchange in the whole of a community including a plurality of customers. [Solution] There is provided a control apparatus including: an acquisition section configured to acquire information regarding consumption of power from a plurality of nodes that store and consume power; and a control section configured to use the information regarding consumption of power to generate data regarding target power storage in each of the nodes, the data being provided to the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: DAISUKE KAWAMOTO, TADASHI MORITA, MARIO TOKORO
  • Patent number: 10193350
    Abstract: Provided is a power supplying device including: a reception unit configured to receive, from another device, a request for power supply performed through a direct-current bus line through which DC power flows; a power determination unit configured to determine whether power supply is possible, on the basis of the request for power supply; and a power control unit configured to, when the power determination unit determines that the power supply is possible, preform control to determine presence or absence, and in a case of the absence of the control right, acquire the control right and notify the other device of the acquisition of the control right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiichi Tokuda, Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10158228
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a power interchange system for distributing direct current (DC) electrical power. The power interchange system comprises a plurality of nodes comprising a first node and a second node. The first node comprises a first communication device and a first power source to power the first communication device. The second node comprises a second communication device and a second power source to power the second communication device. The power interchange system further comprises a wired cable connecting the first node and the second node. The wired cable comprises at least one first wire to convey DC power from the first power source of the first node to the second node to power the second communication device or from the second power source of the second node to the first node to power the first communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawamoto, Tadashi Morita
  • Patent number: 10145949
    Abstract: A pulse transmission controller generates transmission timing signals for a high-frequency radar transmission signal in every transmission cycle. A transmission phase shifter gives a transmission signal generated by a modulator phase shifts each corresponding to a transmission cycle on the basis of the transmission timing signals generated at intervals that are equal to the transmission cycle. A reception phase shifter gives a reception signal that is output from an A/D converter reception phase shifts that are opposite in direction to the respective transmission phase shifts given by the transmission phase shifter on the basis of the transmission timing signals generated at intervals that are equal to the transmission cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Hirohito Mukai, Tadashi Morita