Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Tamama

Tetsuo Tamama 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: 4449192
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radio wave angle of incidence measurement apparatus which is applicable to radar and other detection systems, and which utilizes an antenna array with radiator elements distributed at a spacing larger than one half of the propagation wavelength. A radio signal is received by an antenna array that exhibit at least two different values of d/.lambda. (where d is the inter-element spacing of the radiator elements, .lambda. the propagation wavelength), and the resultant inter-element phase differences, of which there are at least two sets, are digitally measured. A phase difference converter circuit receives the digital signals representing the inter-element phase differences and processes them and generates an output signal that varies monotonically as the incident angle of the radio signal incident on the antenna array varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventors: Masaru Watanabe, Nobuharu Yamauchi, Naoki Hashimoto, Tetsuo Tamama