Patents by Inventor Yugo KUBOTA

Yugo KUBOTA 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: 20230236304
    Abstract: According to the disclosure, an increase in costs is suppressed and the influence of main bang is reduced. A signal processing device includes a hardware processor programmed to at least: calculate a correction value of strength for each of distances from an antenna based on a received signal including a signal acquired by multiple transmissions and receptions via the antenna; and suppress a level indicated by received data generated based on the received signal for each of the distances by using the correction value for each of the distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugo KUBOTA, Hironori TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11320529
    Abstract: A tracking device is provided, which may include a correction target area setting module configured to set an area in which an unnecessary echo tends to be generated based on a structure or behavior of a ship, as a correction target area, a correction target echo extracting module configured to extract a target object echo within the correction target area from a plurality of detected target object echoes, as a correction target echo, a scoring module configured to score a matching level between previous echo information on a target object echo and detected echo information on each of the target object echoes, based on the previous echo information, the detected echo information and the extraction result, and a determining module configured to determine a target object echo as a current tracking target by using the scored result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujioka, Katsuyuki Yanagi, Suminori Ekuni, Yugo Kubota
  • Patent number: 11105892
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a radar apparatus which can create and display only necessary trail data. The radar apparatus may include an acquisition module, an echo data creation module, a memory, a trail data creation module, and a display unit. The acquisition module may acquire an echo based on a reflected wave from a target object, of a transmitted electromagnetic wave. The echo data creation module may create, based on the echo, echo data at least indicative of a position of the target object. The memory may store determination data set, for every given display area, whether trail data indicative of a moving trail of the target object is to be newly created based on the echo. The trail data creation module may create the trail data based on the echo and the determination data. The display unit may display the echo data and the trail data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takumi Fujikawa, Yugo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20200064459
    Abstract: A tracking device is provided, which may include a correction target area setting module configured to set an area in which an unnecessary echo tends to be generated based on a structure or behavior of a ship, as a correction target area, a correction target echo extracting module configured to extract a target object echo within the correction target area from a plurality of detected target object echoes, as a correction target echo, a scoring module configured to score a matching level between previous echo information on a target object echo and detected echo information on each of the target object echoes, based on the previous echo information, the detected echo information and the extraction result, and a determining module configured to determine a target object echo as a current tracking target by using the scored result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujioka, Katsuyuki Yanagi, Suminori Ekuni, Yugo Kubota
  • Patent number: 10526059
    Abstract: A ship vicinity information display device is provided, which is capable of displaying a position etc. of a destination of another ship based on information of the destination obtained from the other ship, in a mode which is intuitively easy to understand. A radar indicator may include a display unit, an AIS interface, and processing circuitry. The display unit may be capable of displaying an image of a situation in the vicinity of one ship. The AIS interface may receive the information of the destination of the other ship. The processing circuitry may acquire a longitude and latitude of the destination based on the destination information of the other ship and graphically display at least one of the position of the destination of the other ship and a direction of the destination from the other ship (other-ship destination symbol), on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Patent number: 10436892
    Abstract: A radar apparatus (1) for creating a radar image based on reflection waves caused by radio waves transmitted from an antenna, is provided. The radar apparatus (1) includes a receiver (3) configured to receive the reflection waves of the transmitted radio waves, as reception signals, a suppression processing module (9) configured to suppress levels of reflection signals among the reception signals, each of the reflection signals caused by precipitation, a precipitation reflection visualizing data creating module (15) configured to create data indicating, as a precipitation reflection visualized area (97), an area corresponding to the signals of which levels are suppressed to below a threshold by the suppression processing module (9), and a display image data creating module (16) configured to create display image data indicating on the radar image, the precipitation reflection visualized area (97) created by the precipitation reflection visualizing data creating module (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Fujikawa, Yugo Kubota
  • Patent number: 10365360
    Abstract: A radar apparatus (100) for detecting around a ship is provided. The apparatus (100) includes an unstable area detecting module (10) configured to observe a variation in a signal level corresponding to detection data over a plurality of scans, obtain unstableness of the observed detection data, and detect unstable areas (41, 42, 43, 44, 410, 420, 430, 440) based on the unstableness, a determining module (22) configured to measure a size of each of the areas and determine the area as a small target object area (41, 43) when the size of the area is below a given threshold, a processing module (6) configured to process the detection data corresponding to the small target object area (41, 43) to be emphasized when displayed, than the detection data corresponding to the other unstable area (42, 44), and a display unit (8) configured to display the processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Fujikawa, Yugo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190129000
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a radar apparatus which can create and display only necessary trail data. The radar apparatus may include an acquisition module, an echo data creation module, a memory, a trail data creation module, and a display unit. The acquisition module may acquire an echo based on a reflected wave from a target object, of a transmitted electromagnetic wave. The echo data creation module may create, based on the echo, echo data at least indicative of a position of the target object. The memory may store determination data set, for every given display area, whether trail data indicative of a moving trail of the target object is to be newly created based on the echo. The trail data creation module may create the trail data based on the echo and the determination data. The display unit may display the echo data and the trail data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi FUJIKAWA, Yugo KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9810769
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an information display device, which includes a sensor signal acquirer for acquiring a sensor signal indicating a content detected by a sensor, a signal processor for performing first signal processing and second signal processing different from the first signal processing, on the sensor signal, and a display unit for displaying on a screen image, first information of the sensor signal after the first signal processing, and partial information of second information of the sensor signal after the second signal processing in a different display mode from the first information, the partial information being different from the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yugo Kubota
  • Patent number: 9797990
    Abstract: There is provided an echo display device that is easy to manipulate and allows echoes that appear on an echo screen to be designated easily, quickly, and reliably with a cursor. An information display device includes a display component 10, a track ball, and a controller. The display component 10 displays a radar image in real time based on echo information inputted from a radar antenna. The track ball is manipulated to move a cursor 5 displayed in the radar image. The controller includes a cursor display position determination component, and this cursor display position determination component determines the display position of the cursor 5 in the radar image based on manipulation of the track ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Publication number: 20170253308
    Abstract: A ship vicinity information display device is provided, which is capable of displaying a position etc. of a destination of another ship based on information of the destination obtained from the other ship, in a mode which is intuitively easy to understand. A radar indicator may include a display unit, an AIS interface, and processing circuitry. The display unit may be capable of displaying an image of a situation in the vicinity of one ship. The AIS interface may receive the information of the destination of the other ship. The processing circuitry may acquire a longitude and latitude of the destination based on the destination information of the other ship and graphically display at least one of the position of the destination of the other ship and a direction of the destination from the other ship (other-ship destination symbol), on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yu Morita, Yugo Kubota, Hidetoshi Kaida
  • Patent number: 9612318
    Abstract: A target object tracking device is provided. The device includes a memory for storing association information in which a selecting order of target objects is associated with symbols indicating the target objects, respectively, a starting selection accepting module for accepting a selection of the target objects to start tracking thereof, a symbol reading module for reading the symbols for the selected target objects corresponding to the selecting order of the target objects based on the association information, a tracking module for tracking the selected target objects, a symbol displaying module for displaying the symbols read by the symbol reading module, at positions where the target objects tracked by the tracking module are displayed, and a symbol changing module for changing, according to an operation of a user, the association information and displaying the symbols at the positions where the target objects are displayed, based on the changed association information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yugo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20170082742
    Abstract: A radar apparatus (1) for creating a radar image based on reflection waves caused by radio waves transmitted from an antenna, is provided. The radar apparatus (1) includes a receiver (3) configured to receive the reflection waves of the transmitted radio waves, as reception signals, a suppression processing module (9) configured to suppress levels of reflection signals among the reception signals, each of the reflection signals caused by precipitation, a precipitation reflection visualizing data creating module (15) configured to create data indicating, as a precipitation reflection visualized area (97), an area corresponding to the signals of which levels are suppressed to below a threshold by the suppression processing module (9), and a display image data creating module (16) configured to create display image data indicating on the radar image, the precipitation reflection visualized area (97) created by the precipitation reflection visualizing data creating module (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Takumi FUJIKAWA, Yugo KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170082743
    Abstract: A radar apparatus (100) for detecting around a ship is provided. The apparatus (100) includes an unstable area detecting module (10) configured to observe a variation in a signal level corresponding to detection data over a plurality of scans, obtain unstableness of the observed detection data, and detect unstable areas (41, 42, 43, 44, 410, 420, 430, 440) based on the unstableness, a determining module (22) configured to measure a size of each of the areas and determine the area as a small target object area (41, 43) when the size of the area is below a given threshold, a processing module (6) configured to process the detection data corresponding to the small target object area (41, 43) to be emphasized when displayed, than the detection data corresponding to the other unstable area (42, 44), and a display unit (8) configured to display the processing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Takumi FUJIKAWA, Yugo KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9557410
    Abstract: A radar reception device is provided. The device includes a reception signal acquirer, a signal processor, a PPI-scope generator, an A-scope generator, a display output unit, and a user interface. The reception signal acquirer acquires, in an R?-coordinate system, a reception signal received by an antenna that rotates at a predetermined cycle. The signal processor performs signal processing on the reception signal in the R?-coordinate system according to a distance, and outputs the processed signal in the R?-coordinate system. The PPI-scope generator converts the processed signal from the R?-coordinate system into an XY-orthogonal coordinate system and generates a radar image in a PPI-scope. The A-scope generator generates a radar image where the reception signal before being signal-processed is illustrated in an A-scope. The display output unit displays the PPI-scope radar image and the A-scope radar image on a display unit simultaneously. The user interface accepts a user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takaki, Yugo Kubota, Yasuhisa Fujii
  • Patent number: 9390531
    Abstract: A movable body display device includes an acquisition component, a memory component, an input component, a length adjuster, and a display controller. The acquisition component acquires position and speed of a movable body. The memory component stores a plurality of display ranges, a number of range rings for each display range, and a reference speed. The input component receives input designating one of the display ranges. The length adjuster adjusts length of a speed vector on a screen such that length of a speed vector indicating the reference speed on the screen is the same as a spacing of the range rings on the screen based on the display range. The display controller displays the movable body on the screen according to the position, and displays adjacent to the movable body a speed vector for which heading and length have been set based on the length and the speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yugo Kubota, Yasuhisa Fujii
  • Publication number: 20160077194
    Abstract: There is provided an echo display device that is easy to manipulate and allows echoes that appear on an echo screen to be designated easily, quickly, and reliably with a cursor. An information display device includes a display component 10, a track ball, and a controller. The display component 10 displays a radar image in real time based on echo information inputted from a radar antenna. The track ball is manipulated to move a cursor 5 displayed in the radar image. The controller includes a cursor display position determination component, and this cursor display position determination component determines the display position of the cursor 5 in the radar image based on manipulation of the track ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yu MORITA, Yugo KUBOTA, Hidetoshi KAIDA
  • Patent number: 9030353
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an information display device. The information display device includes an acquirer for acquiring positional information on one or more display targets including at least one of a landmark serving as a reference mark used when a movable body is in move, another movable body, and a location registered by an operator, and a controller for displaying positional information and circumferential information on the movable body in an information display area, associating at least one of the one or more display targets of which a position is outside the information display area with a direction to which the at least one of the one or more display targets is located centering on the movable body, and displaying the at least one of the one or more display targets in an outer circumferential area of the information display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Company Limited
    Inventor: Yugo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20140306997
    Abstract: A mobile body display device includes an acquisition component, a memory component, an input component, a length adjuster, and a display controller. The acquisition component acquires position and speed of a mobile body. The memory component stores a plurality of display ranges, a number of range rings for each display range, and a reference speed. The input component receives input designating one of the display ranges. The length adjuster adjusts length of a speed vector on a screen such that length of a speed vector indicating the reference speed on the screen is the same as a spacing of the range rings on the screen based on the display range. The display controller displays the mobile body on the screen according to the position, and displays adjacent to the mobile body a speed vector for which heading and length have been set based on the length and the speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: FURUNO Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: Yugo KUBOTA, Yasuhisa FUJII
  • Publication number: 20140104100
    Abstract: A target object tracking device is provided. The device includes a memory for storing association information in which a selecting order of target objects is associated with symbols indicating the target objects, respectively, a starting selection accepting module for accepting a selection of the target objects to start tracking thereof, a symbol reading module for reading the symbols for the selected target objects corresponding to the selecting order of the target objects based on the association information, a tracking module for tracking the selected target objects, a symbol displaying module for displaying the symbols read by the symbol reading module, at positions where the target objects tracked by the tracking module are displayed, and a symbol changing module for changing, according to an operation of a user, the association information and displaying the symbols at the positions where the target objects are displayed, based on the changed association information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Furuno Electric Company Limited
    Inventor: Yugo KUBOTA