Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Nishioka

Yasuhiro Nishioka 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: 11950885
    Abstract: Provided is a biosensor device including: a signal generating unit for generating a continuous wave signal; an antenna for emitting the continuous wave signal as a radio wave; a variable matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the signal generating unit and the antenna; a detection circuit for outputting a detection signal on the basis of the continuous wave signal generated by the signal generating unit and a reflected signal of a radio wave incident on the antenna; and a control unit for controlling an element value of the variable matching circuit from the detection signal in a predetermined period corresponding to one cycle or more time in which heartbeat and respiration waveforms can be measured on the basis of the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki Wada, Kengo Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11913828
    Abstract: A test object includes a sensor housing for vibrating together with a test object in synchronism with vibration of the test object; a piezoelectric substrate for vibrating together with the sensor housing in synchronism with vibration of the sensor housing, where a first interdigital electrode, a first terminal, a second interdigital electrode, and a second terminal are disposed on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and the piezoelectric substrate is disposed inside the sensor housing to be fixed to the sensor housing; an amplifier for receiving a signal output from the second terminal as an input signal, amplifying the received input signal, and transmitting the input signal after the amplification to the first terminal as an output signal; a deformable layer being elastic and having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and a heavy object having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the deformable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Rokuzo Hara, Tomonori Kimura, Koji Ibata, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20230411846
    Abstract: A decoupling circuit includes: a first transmission line whose first end is connected to the first antenna element; a second transmission line whose first end is connected to the second antenna element; a first susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to a second end of the first transmission line; a second susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to a second end of the second transmission line and whose second end is connected to a second end of the first susceptance circuit; a third susceptance circuit whose first end is connected to the second end of the first susceptance circuit and whose second end is connected to the ground conductor; a first input and output terminal connected to the first end of the first susceptance circuit; and a second input and output terminal connected to the first end of the second susceptance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230395979
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a feeding point that excites a high-frequency signal; a first conductor having a first end serving as a first open end and extending from the feeding point to the first open end; and a second conductor having a first end serving as a second open end and extending spirally between the feeding point and the second open end in a direction different from a direction directed from the feeding point to the first open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAMOTO, Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230378996
    Abstract: A canceler device includes: a line connector having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the line connector being configured to output a signal provided to the first terminal to the second terminal; and a reflection circuit to output a reflected wave of the signal output to the second terminal to the third terminal. The reflection circuit includes: a first variable resistor having a first end connected to the second terminal; a second variable resistor having a first end connected to the second terminal and a second end grounded; and a parallel resonance circuit having a first end connected to a second end of the first variable resistor and a second end grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo YAMAURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220229021
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes: a metal case including a bottom wall portion having a vibration surface, and a side wall portion connected to the bottom wall portion; a coil mounted on one surface of the side wall portion; and a magnet mounted in such a way as to sandwich the coil between the magnet and the one surface of the side wall portion, in which the coil causes an eddy current to occur in the one surface of the side wall portion, and causes the bottom wall portion to vibrate, by using a Lorentz force occurring in the side wall portion because of the interaction between the eddy current and a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji IBATA, Rokuzo HARA, Tomonori KIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220069472
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a rod-shaped conductor disposed perpendicularly to a grounding face part; a plurality of first linear members supporting the rod-shaped conductor by a tension structure; a first bent conductor having a first linear conductor disposed so as to branch from the rod-shaped conductor and disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the grounding face part, and a second linear conductor disposed so as to be continuous with a distal end of the first linear conductor and disposed along a first linear member selected from among the plurality of first linear members; a first selective transmission part disposed at an end of the first linear conductor on the same side as the rod-shaped conductor; and a second selective transmission part disposed in the rod-shaped conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo YAMAURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220034711
    Abstract: A test object includes a sensor housing for vibrating together with a test object in synchronism with vibration of the test object; a piezoelectric substrate for vibrating together with the sensor housing in synchronism with vibration of the sensor housing, where a first interdigital electrode, a first terminal, a second interdigital electrode, and a second terminal are disposed on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and the piezoelectric substrate is disposed inside the sensor housing to be fixed to the sensor housing; an amplifier for receiving a signal output from the second terminal as an input signal, amplifying the received input signal, and transmitting the input signal after the amplification to the first terminal as an output signal; a deformable layer being elastic and having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and a heavy object having a first surface adhered to a second surface of the deformable layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Rokuzo HARA, Tomonori KIMURA, Koji IBATA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11223137
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna device including a ground conductor plate 1 having a first circular hole 6, a disc-shaped conductor plate 5 which has a second circular hole 7 whose center is disposed on a straight line passing through a center of the first hole 6 and orthogonal to the ground conductor plate 1, has a center that coincides with the center of the second hole 7, and is disposed substantially parallel to the ground conductor plate 1, a first linear conductor 4 having a first end passing through the first hole and a second end passing through the second hole, a second linear conductor 3 having a first end connected to the second end of the first conductor and disposed substantially parallel to the ground conductor plate, and an antenna element 2 connected to a second end of the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yanagi, Kiyotaka Suzuki, Hidetoshi Makimura, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20210367356
    Abstract: The antenna device includes a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a first input and output terminal, a second input and output terminal, a first phase shifter, a first susceptance element, a second susceptance element, a third susceptance element, a fourth susceptance element, a first variable matching circuit, and a second variable matching circuit, and when power is supplied from the first input and output terminal or the second input and output terminal, each susceptance value of the first susceptance element, the second susceptance element, the third susceptance element, and the fourth susceptance element are set so that an excitation amplitude of the first radiation element and an excitation amplitude of the second radiation element have a substantially equal amplitude, and coupling between the first input and output terminal and the second input and output terminal is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210259562
    Abstract: Provided is a biosensor device including: a signal generating unit for generating a continuous wave signal; an antenna for emitting the continuous wave signal as a radio wave; a variable matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the signal generating unit and the antenna; a detection circuit for outputting a detection signal on the basis of the continuous wave signal generated by the signal generating unit and a reflected signal of a radio wave incident on the antenna; and a control unit for controlling an element value of the variable matching circuit from the detection signal in a predetermined period corresponding to one cycle or more time in which heartbeat and respiration waveforms can be measured on the basis of the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki WADA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210194122
    Abstract: An antenna device (4) includes a first phase shifter (24) having one end connected to a fourth terminal (23d) of a directional coupler (23); a second phase shifter (25) having one end connected to a first terminal (23a) of the directional coupler (23); a third phase shifter (26) having one end connected to a second terminal (23b) of the directional coupler (23); a first matching circuit (27) having one end connected to an other end of the second phase shifter (25) and having an other end connected to a first input/output terminal (11); and a second matching circuit (28) having one end connected to an other end of the third phase shifter (26) and having an other end connected to a second input/output terminal (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shimpei AKIMOTO, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10950928
    Abstract: A line conductor is configured so as to be arranged between a lower surface conductor and an upper surface conductor in parallel with the lower surface conductor in such a way as to extend around the periphery of a hollow cylindrical conductor in a state in which an end is connected to a side surface of the hollow cylindrical conductor and another end is open. As a result, efficient supply of power to a conductive liquid can be performed without disposing a conducting tube having a length of approximately ?/4 at an operating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shimpei Akimoto, Takashi Yanagi, Yasuhiro Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20210044023
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna device including a ground conductor plate 1 having a first circular hole 6, a disc-shaped conductor plate 5 which has a second circular hole 7 whose center is disposed on a straight line passing through a center of the first hole 6 and orthogonal to the ground conductor plate 1, has a center that coincides with the center of the second hole 7, and is disposed substantially parallel to the ground conductor plate 1, a first linear conductor 4 having a first end passing through the first hole and a second end passing through the second hole, a second linear conductor 3 having a first end connected to the second end of the first conductor and disposed substantially parallel to the ground conductor plate, and an antenna element 2 connected to a second end of the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi YANAGI, Kiyotaka SUZUKI, Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20200194894
    Abstract: A metal housing (1) has an aperture (1a). A first conductor (3a) is disposed in a portion except for the aperture (1a) of the metal housing (1), and is capacitively coupled to the metal housing (1). A second conductor (3b) is a conductor transparent to visible light, and is disposed in the aperture (1a) of the metal housing (1). An AC voltage is applied to the first conductor (3a) and the second conductor (3b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YANAGI, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA, Atsuhiko NAGAMUNE
  • Publication number: 20200158868
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor transmits an ultrasonic wave, and receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by an obstacle. An electrical characteristic measuring means measures the electrical characteristic of the ultrasonic sensor, and outputs electrical characteristic information. An environmental state determining means receives the electrical characteristic information from the electrical characteristic measuring means, and outputs environmental information on at least one of the temperature and humidity of the ultrasonic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji IBATA, Rokuzo HARA, Tomonori KIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA, Satoru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200142060
    Abstract: An attachment member (1) has a through hole (11). An ultrasonic sensor (2) is fixed to the attachment member (1) in such a manner that an emitting surface (22) of the ultrasonic sensor (2) is exposed from the through hole (11) of the attachment member (1). A vibration propagation preventing layer (3) is interposed between the entire periphery of a side surface of the ultrasonic sensor (2) and a wall surface of the through hole (11) of the attachment member (1). Vibration plates (41) and (42) are disposed on one of a first straight line passing through the center point of the emitting surface (22) of the ultrasonic sensor (2) on a horizontal plane parallel to the emitting surface (22) and a second straight line perpendicular to the first straight line, and connect the emitting surface (22) of the ultrasonic sensor (2) to the attachment member (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji IBATA, Rokuzo HARA, Tomonori KIMURA, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA, Satoru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20200028250
    Abstract: A line conductor is configured so as to be arranged between a lower surface conductor and an upper surface conductor in parallel with the lower surface conductor in such a way as to extend around the periphery of a hollow cylindrical conductor in a state in which an end is connected to a side surface of the hollow cylindrical conductor and another end is open. As a result, efficient supply of power to a conductive liquid can be performed without disposing a conducting tube having a length of approximately ?/4 at an operating frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shimpei AKIMOTO, Takashi YANAGI, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 10530046
    Abstract: A sealed case (6) includes a first electrode (4) and a second electrode (5). The maximum size of each of these electrodes and a distance between them are equal to or smaller than one tenth the wavelength of a signal of interest. The sealed case (6) is configured such that the internal gas becomes a plasma state. The second electrode (5) is connected to a first conductor (1), and the first electrode (4) is connected to a second conductor (2) disposed to be perpendicular to the first conductor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishioka, Tai Tanaka, Yoshio Inasawa, Hayato Ogino, Yuichiro Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20190363435
    Abstract: It is provided with: a variable decoupling circuit (10) connected to a first input/output port (1) and a third input/output port (3), which reduces coupling between the first input/output port (1) and the third input/output port (3); and a coupling measurement circuit (20) that measures a coupled amplitude and a coupled phase between a second input/output port and a fourth input/output port from a signal output from the variable decoupling circuit (10) to the second input/output port when a signal is input from the first input/output port (1) and a signal output from the fourth input/output port to the variable decoupling circuit (10) when a signal is input from the fourth input/output port, in which a controller (30) controls the variable decoupling circuit (10) in accordance with the coupled amplitude and the coupled phase measured by the coupling measurement circuit (20) such that a coupled amplitude between the first input/output port (1) and the third input/output port (3) becomes zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi MAKIMURA, Kengo NISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIOKA