Patents by Inventor Tatsuya SONOBE

Tatsuya SONOBE 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: 11953610
    Abstract: Movement information is calculated with high accuracy, without being influenced by the number of GNSS signals receivable by each of a plurality of antennas. A movement information calculating device includes a plurality of antennas, a clock generator, a plurality of GNSS receivers, and an arithmetic logical unit. The plurality of antennas, each receives a GNSS signal. The clock generator generates a clock signal. The plurality of GNSS receivers are connected to the respective antennas, and share the clock signal from the clock generator and calculate GNSS observed values by using the shared clock signal and the GNSS signals, respectively. The arithmetic logical unit calculates movement information including a speed of a movable body based on the GNSS observed values from the plurality of GNSS receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sonobe, Hiraku Nakamura, Hiroyuki Toda
  • Publication number: 20230228572
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to set the initial information of the anchoring object (target) of a ship with high accuracy. A ship navigation assistance system according to the present disclosure includes a provisional initial information specifier, a measurement sensor and processing circuitry. The provisional initial information specifier may accept a specification of provisional initial information for characteristic information on an object to which a ship anchors or docks (docks to a pier). The measurement sensor may acquire measurement information on an object using a ranging result of an area including the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SONOBE, Hiroyuki TODA, Hiraku NAKAMURA, Kazuki TSUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230221138
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to suppress an error which occurs in movement, such as in anchoring a ship. A ship navigation assistance system includes a measurement sensor and a characteristic information updating module. The measurement sensor acquires measurement information on an object using a ranging result of an area including the object that is an anchorage target of a ship. The characteristic information updating module updates characteristic information on the object using initial characteristic information on the object or characteristic information before updating on the object, and the measurement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SONOBE, Hiroyuki TODA, Hiraku NAKAMURA, Kazuki TSUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210382186
    Abstract: Movement information is calculated with high accuracy, without being influenced by the number of GNSS signals receivable by each of a plurality of antennas. A movement information calculating device includes a plurality of antennas, a clock generator, a plurality of GNSS receivers, and an arithmetic logical unit. The plurality of antennas, each receives a GNSS signal. The clock generator generates a clock signal. The plurality of GNSS receivers are connected to the respective antennas, and share the clock signal from the clock generator and calculate GNSS observed values by using the shared clock signal and the GNSS signals, respectively. The arithmetic logical unit calculates movement information including a speed of a movable body based on the GNSS observed values from the plurality of GNSS receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsuya SONOBE, Hiraku NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki TODA
  • Publication number: 20200393574
    Abstract: The device and method can calculate an absolute spatial relationship between a device and other characteristic points etc. with high precision by using VSLAM. A navigation device includes a VSLAM calculating module, a GNSS rate calculating module, and a scale correction value calculating module. The GNSS rate calculating module calculates a GNSS rate based on one of an amount of change in a phase of a GNSS signal and an amount of change in a frequency of the GNSS signal. The VSLAM calculating module estimates VSLAM locations at a plurality of time points based on a VSLAM calculation using a video image. The scale correction value calculating module calculates a scale correction value for the VSLAM location based on the VSLAM locations at two or more time points of the plurality of time points estimated by the VSLAM calculating module, and the GNSS rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki TODA, Tatsuya SONOBE, Naomi FUJISAWA