Patents by Inventor Takahiro Baba

Takahiro Baba 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: 20190237841
    Abstract: In a transmission line, a first ground conductor pattern and a second ground conductor pattern are connected through a first interlayer connecting conductor, and the first ground conductor pattern and a third ground conductor pattern are connected through a second interlayer connecting conductor. A first signal conductor pattern includes a first bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the first interlayer connecting conductor, and a second signal conductor pattern includes a second bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the second interlayer connecting conductor. Bypassing directions of the first bypassing pattern portion and the second bypassing pattern portion are opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Yuya DOKAI
  • Patent number: 10354939
    Abstract: A multilayer board includes a base including insulating layers stacked in a stacking direction, and a mounting surface at an end of the base in a first direction along the stacking direction, an electronic component inside the base, and a first heat dissipator extending through at least one of the insulating layers from a surface of the electronic component located at an end of the electronic component in the first direction to the mounting surface. When a section of the first heat dissipator is defined as a first section, and a section of the first heat dissipator located farther in a second direction along the layer stacking direction than the first section is defined as a second section, there is a combination of a first section and a second section in which the second section extends farther outward than the first section when viewed from the layer stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Takahiro Baba, Yoshiyuki Mashimo
  • Patent number: 10342125
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a laminate, signal conductors, and external connection conductors. The signal conductors are at different positions in a lamination direction of the laminate. The external connection conductors are provided on a back surface of the laminate. A first signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a first wiring conductor. A second signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a second wiring conductor. The first signal conductor is closer to the back surface than the second signal conductor. The first wiring conductor includes wiring adjusting conductors each having a length corresponding to a distance difference in the lamination direction between the first and second signal conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10340572
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a resin multilayer substrate including a plurality of base materials that are flexible. The resin multilayer substrate includes a rigid portion at which a first number of stacked layers of the base materials is relatively large and a flexible portion at which a second number of stacked layers of the base materials is relatively small. A radiating element including a conductor pattern is provided at the rigid portion. A transmission line including a conductor pattern and electrically connected to the radiating element is provided at the flexible portion. A frame-shaped conductor that surrounds the radiating element when viewed in a direction in which the base materials are stacked is provided at either the rigid portion or the flexible portion, or both the rigid portion and the flexible portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Oguri, Wataru Tamura, Fumie Matsuda, Takahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20190198960
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate mounted on the first substrate and having a smaller area than the first substrate. The second substrate extends in a longitudinal direction and has a planar or substantially planar shape with a uniform or substantially uniform width across all portions of the second substrate in the longitudinal direction. The second substrate includes a signal line, and a high-frequency transmission line including the signal line, and further includes an input/output pad electrically connected to the signal line, and an auxiliary pad arranged between two input/output pads, on the mounting surface of the second substrate. The first substrate includes lands each connected to the input/output pad and the auxiliary pad. The input/output pad and the auxiliary pad are each soldered on each of the lands of the first substrate and, thus, the second substrate is surface-mounted on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Nobuo IKEMOTO, Kosuke NISHINO, Jun SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190198195
    Abstract: A transmission line includes, in a stacked insulator in which insulator layers are stacked, a first transmission line portion including a first ground conductor pattern, a second ground conductor pattern, and a first signal conductor pattern, and a second transmission line portion including a third ground conductor pattern, a fourth ground conductor pattern, and a second signal conductor pattern. The first signal conductor pattern extends along the second signal conductor pattern. The first ground conductor pattern and the third ground conductor pattern are provided on different insulator layers and at least partially overlap each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Kuniaki YOSUI, Shingo ITO, Shuichi KEZUKA, Takahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20190179006
    Abstract: A target detection device including a radar device and a monocular camera, including: a first detecting section detecting a position of a radar detection target; a second detecting section detecting a position of an image detection target which is a specific target; and a determination section that when the radar detection target and the image detection target are provisionally determined to be an identical target, and the image detection target is determined to be a predetermined type of target, determines that the radar detection target and the image detection target are not an identical target, and when the radar detection target and the image detection target are provisionally determined to be an identical target, and a predetermined target determination section determines that the image detection target is not the predetermined type of target, determines that the radar detection target and the image detection target are an identical target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Yusuke YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20190173208
    Abstract: A module includes a multilayer body that includes insulating-resin base members laminated together, first and second main surfaces, and first and second regions when viewed in plan view. A first conductor pattern and a protective film that covers the first conductor pattern are provided in the first region of the first main surface. Second conductor patterns and holes that extend to the second conductor patterns are provided in the second region of the multilayer body. The holes are provided with conductive joining materials, and connectors are connected to the second conductor patterns by the conductive joining materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Jun SASAKI, Yoichi SAITO, Takahiro BABA, Fumie MATSUDA, Yoshitomo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10305157
    Abstract: A high-frequency signal transmission line includes an element, a linear signal line provided at the element and including a first end and a second end, and at least one ground conductor provided at the element and extending along the signal line. The element includes stacked insulating layers. The ground conductor is positioned opposite to the signal line with the insulating layer positioned therebetween. The ground conductor is a contiguous conductor. The signal line, the ground conductor, and the element generate a characteristic impedance. The signal line includes a first section and a second section. The first section is an uninterrupted section generating a characteristic impedance greater than or equal to a first characteristic impedance at the first end and including the first end. The second section generates a characteristic impedance less than the first characteristic impedance and is adjacent to the first section. The second section is longer than the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Baba, Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 10305156
    Abstract: In a transmission line, a first ground conductor pattern and a second ground conductor pattern are connected through a first interlayer connecting conductor, and the first ground conductor pattern and a third ground conductor pattern are connected through a second interlayer connecting conductor. A first signal conductor pattern includes a first bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the first interlayer connecting conductor, and a second signal conductor pattern includes a second bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the second interlayer connecting conductor. Bypassing directions of the first bypassing pattern portion and the second bypassing pattern portion are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Baba, Yuya Dokai
  • Publication number: 20190155257
    Abstract: A noise generation cause estimation device capable of easily estimating the cause of noise generation in a factory is connected for communication with a plurality of machines in the factory. The noise generation cause estimation device is provided with a noise information acquisition unit configured to acquire noise information generated in the machines, an operation information acquisition unit configured to continually acquire operation information of all the machines, and a determination unit configured to learn the relevance between the noise information and the operation information. The determination unit is provided with a state observation unit configured to observe the noise information and the operation information as state variables indicative of a current state of the environment and a learning unit configured to form a plurality of clusters including the state variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Hiroshige ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190155250
    Abstract: A noise monitoring device capable of easily estimating a noise generation source in a factory is connected for communication with a plurality of machines in the factory. The noise monitoring device is provided with a noise information acquisition unit configured to acquire noise information including the time of generation of noise if the noise is generated in the machines, an operation information acquisition unit configured to continually acquire operation information of all the machines, a determination unit configured to extract the operation information at a point in time near the noise generation time, and a display unit configured to display the noise information and the operation information of all the machines at the point in time near the noise generation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Hiroshige ANDO
  • Patent number: 10293773
    Abstract: The drive assist apparatus detects an object around an own vehicle, and detects a moving direction of the detected object when the detected object is relatively approaching the own vehicle. The drive assist apparatus predicts a movement prediction position to which the object will move, and executes drive assist upon the movement prediction position being a collision prediction position. The collision prediction position is a position where, if the object relatively moves to the movement prediction position, there is a possibility that the object will collide with the own vehicle. The drive assist includes at least one of a task of avoiding a collision between the object and the own vehicle, and a task of mitigating a damage due to the collision. The drive assist apparatus determines an execution timing of the drive assist as a function of the moving direction detected by the moving direction detection means, and the collision prediction position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20190141831
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a laminate, signal conductors, and external connection conductors. The signal conductors are at different positions in a lamination direction of the laminate. The external connection conductors are provided on a back surface of the laminate. A first signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a first wiring conductor. A second signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a second wiring conductor. The first signal conductor is closer to the back surface than the second signal conductor. The first wiring conductor includes wiring adjusting conductors each having a length corresponding to a distance difference in the lamination direction between the first and second signal conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Takahiro BABA
  • Patent number: 10270150
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate mounted on the first substrate and having a smaller area than the first substrate. The second substrate extends in a longitudinal direction and has a planar or substantially planar shape with a uniform or substantially uniform width across all portions of the second substrate in the longitudinal direction. The second substrate includes a signal line, and a high-frequency transmission line including the signal line, and further includes an input/output pad electrically connected to the signal line, and an auxiliary pad arranged between two input/output pads, on the mounting surface of the second substrate. The first substrate includes lands each connected to the input/output pad and the auxiliary pad. The input/output pad and the auxiliary pad are each soldered on each of the lands of the first substrate and, thus, the second substrate is surface-mounted on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Baba, Nobuo Ikemoto, Kosuke Nishino, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10269469
    Abstract: A transmission line includes, in a stacked insulator in which insulator layers are stacked, a first transmission line portion including a first ground conductor pattern, a second ground conductor pattern, and a first signal conductor pattern, and a second transmission line portion including a third ground conductor pattern, a fourth ground conductor pattern, and a second signal conductor pattern. The first signal conductor pattern extends along the second signal conductor pattern. The first ground conductor pattern and the third ground conductor pattern are provided on different insulator layers and at least partially overlap each other in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Shingo Ito, Shuichi Kezuka, Takahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20190088388
    Abstract: A transmission line substrate includes a stacked body that includes insulating base materials, first and second signal lines, and first and second ground conductors. The second signal line is provided on a layer different from the layer of the first signal line and extends in parallel with the first signal line. The first ground conductor is provided on the same layer as the layer of the second signal line and overlapped with the first signal line when viewed in the Z-axis direction. The second ground conductor is provided on the same layer as the layer of the first signal line and overlapped with the second signal line when viewed in the Z-axis direction. A first transmission line includes the first signal line, the first ground conductor, and an insulating base material, and a second transmission line includes the second signal line, the second ground conductor, and the insulating base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro BABA, Lijun ZHAO, Chu XU, Hiromasa KOYAMA, Satoshi MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20190073903
    Abstract: A collision avoidance apparatus is provided with an intersection determination unit, a dead angle determination unit, a right-left turn determination unit and a collision avoidance control unit. The collision avoidance control unit is configured to relax, when the right-left turn determination unit determines that the own vehicle makes a right turn or a left turn and the dead angle determination unit determines presence of the dead angle region, an operational condition of a collision avoidance process compared to a case where the dead angle region is not present, in order to avoid a collision between the own vehicle and a straight-running vehicle running on the opposite lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takahiro Baba, Kei Kamiya, Yosuke Ito, Takaharu Oguri, Ryo Takaki
  • Publication number: 20190061748
    Abstract: A collision prediction apparatus including: an object detection section that detects an object present ahead of an own vehicle; and a collision prediction position calculation section that calculates a collision prediction position that is a position where the object is predicted to collide with the own vehicle in the future based on a position of the object detected by the object detection section relative to the own vehicle, wherein the collision prediction position calculation section corrects the collision prediction position when the object detected by the object detection section is traveling in an opposite direction to the own vehicle at a position deviated from a traveling direction of the own vehicle, and the own vehicle turns in a direction crossing a traveling direction of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20190067768
    Abstract: A transmission line includes a laminated insulating body including insulating base material layers that are laminated, signal conductors provided inside the laminated insulating body and extending in a transmission direction along the insulating base material layer, and ground conductors sandwiching the signal conductors in a lamination direction via the insulating base material layers. The transmission line includes at least one curved portion that is bent along a plane orthogonal to the lamination direction. The signal conductors are separated from each other in a direction orthogonal to the transmission direction when viewed in the lamination direction and include a first signal conductor on an inner side and a second signal conductor on an outer side in the curved portion. An interval between the ground conductors sandwiching the first signal conductor is narrower than an interval between the ground conductors sandwiching the second signal conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takahiro BABA