Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Homma

Yukihiro Homma 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: 12160217
    Abstract: A high frequency filter includes: a multilayer substrate including a first substrate for which lands are provided, a second substrate for which lands are provided, and a third substrate for which lands are provided, the third substrate being sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a columnar conductor electrically connected to the lands in the multilayer substrate; and columnar conductors provided to surround the columnar conductor, electrically connected to a ground plane of the first substrate, and electrically connected to a ground plane of the second substrate. The spacing between the lands of the first substrate and the lands of the third substrate and the spacing between the lands of the second substrate and the lands of the third substrate are electrical lengths of 90 degrees or less at the cutoff frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomi Watanabe, Yukihiro Homma, Tomohiro Takahashi, Shinji Arai, Kenji Harauchi, Hidenori Yukawa
  • Patent number: 12025644
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna to transmit power by radiating a radio wave; a radiation direction determiner to determine a radiation direction. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate the radio wave; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of the transmission signal. An orientation direction is changed to the radiation direction by controlling a phase shift amount of the phase shifter. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV method using a hovering aerial moving body hovering above the power transmission antenna. The phase shifter changes the phase by an amount obtained by subtracting the phase offset value from the phase shift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiro Homma
  • Patent number: 11843261
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna including element antennas to radiate a radio wave and element modules each provided for a predetermine number of element antennas and including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal radiated as the radio wave and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal; and an REV method phase controller to change the phase of the transmission signal by a phase shift amount obtained by adding an operation phase shift amount for executing the REV method and a direction change phase shift amount for changing a transmission direction, for an operating phase shifter being part of the phase shifters, such that operation of changing the phase shift amount of the operating phase shifters is repeated while changing the operating phase shifters in a state in which at least some element antennas radiate the radio wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Sawa, Yukihiro Homma
  • Patent number: 11837881
    Abstract: A flying mobile body 4 includes: a rotary blade to rotate to generate lift; an airframe in which the rotary blade is provided; a power reception antenna to include a power reception surface that receives a radio wave transmitting electric power, the power reception surface having an area larger than an area projecting the airframe onto a rotation axis perpendicular plane that is a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis direction that is a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the rotary blade, and a drag reducing structure that reduces a drag generated with respect to a descending airflow generated by rotation of the rotary blade: a converter to convert electric power of the radio wave received by the power reception antenna into DC electric power; a storage battery; and an electric motor to generate power rotating the rotary blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Baba, Yukihiro Homma, Shota Narasaki, Noboru Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230307958
    Abstract: A flying mobile body 4 includes: a rotary blade to rotate to generate lift; an airframe in which the rotary blade is provided; a power reception antenna to include a power reception surface that receives a radio wave transmitting electric power, the power reception surface having an area larger than an area projecting the airframe onto a rotation axis perpendicular plane that is a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis direction that is a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the rotary blade, and a drag reducing structure that reduces a drag generated with respect to a descending airflow generated by rotation of the rotary blade: a converter to convert electric power of the radio wave received by the power reception antenna into DC electric power; a storage battery; and an electric motor to generate power rotating the rotary blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke BABA, Yukihiro HOMMA, Shota NARASAKI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11683044
    Abstract: In a wireless power transmitting device, a control circuit outputs a control signal for setting a frequency and a phase of an F-PLL signal generated by an F-PLL, the F-PLL generates the F-PLL signal having the frequency and the phase set by the control signal output from the control circuit, and a frequency conversion circuit generates a transmission signal by converting a frequency of the F-PLL signal generated by the F-PLL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Wada, Hideyuki Nakamizo, Hiroshi Otsuka, Yukihiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20230147179
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna including element antennas to radiate a radio wave and element modules each provided for a predetermine number of element antennas and including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal radiated as the radio wave and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal; and an REV method phase controller to change the phase of the transmission signal by a phase shift amount obtained by adding an operation phase shift amount for executing the REV method and a direction change phase shift amount for changing a transmission direction, for an operating phase shifter being part of the phase shifters, such that operation of changing the phase shift amount of the operating phase shifters is repeated while changing the operating phase shifters in a state in which at least some element antennas radiate the radio wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu SAWA, Yukihiro HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20230131879
    Abstract: The present apparatus receives input of any two or more of input information items of distance information on a distance between a power transmission device and a power receiving device, environment information on an environment of a power transmission space between power transmission device and power receiving device, or condition information that is at least one of a device performance condition or a device setting condition of power transmission device and power receiving device, receives input of beam pattern information on a power transmission beam pattern formed by power transmission device and a power transmission efficiency of power transmission beam pattern for each combined condition of any two or more of the input information items inputted through a device information inputter, and learns power transmission beam pattern which has the power transmission efficiency that is within a predetermined range for the each combined condition from the beam pattern information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOMMA, Kensuke BABA
  • Publication number: 20220407489
    Abstract: A high frequency filter includes: a multilayer substrate including a first substrate for which lands are provided, a second substrate for which lands are provided, and a third substrate for which lands are provided, the third substrate being sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a columnar conductor electrically connected to the lands in the multilayer substrate; and columnar conductors provided to surround the columnar conductor, electrically connected to a ground plane of the first substrate, and electrically connected to a ground plane of the second substrate. The spacing between the lands of the first substrate and the lands of the third substrate and the spacing between the lands of the second substrate and the lands of the third substrate are electrical lengths of 90 degrees or less at the cutoff frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Motomi WATANABE, Yukihiro HOMMA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Shinji ARAI, Kenji HARAUCHI, Hidenori YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220337256
    Abstract: In a wireless power transmitting device, a control circuit outputs a control signal for setting a frequency and a phase of an F-PLL signal generated by an F-PLL, the F-PLL generates the F-PLL signal having the frequency and the phase set by the control signal output from the control circuit, and a frequency conversion circuit generates a transmission signal by converting a frequency of the F-PLL signal generated by the F-PLL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu WADA, Hideyuki NAKAMIZO, Hiroshi OTSUKA, Yukihiro HOMMA
  • Patent number: 11277036
    Abstract: A rectenna controller connected to a rectenna that receives radio frequency power and converts the radio frequency power into direct current power, the rectenna controller controlling the direct current power received from the rectenna and supplying the controlled direct current power to a load, the rectenna controller including: an input terminal receiving the direct current power converted by the rectenna; an output terminal supplying the controlled direct current power to the load; a first switching element disposed in a current path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal; and a controller controlling the first switching element, wherein when the controller does not operate, the first switching element becomes conducting to render the current path conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Morioka, Yasutoshi Yashiki, Hidetada Tokioka, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yukihiro Homma, Maho Utsumi, Masaomi Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11271434
    Abstract: A rectenna device includes an antenna (210), a first rectifier (31) to rectify a radio frequency wave input in the antenna (210), an antenna (220), a second rectifier (32) to rectify a radio frequency wave input in the antenna (220), and a capacitive coupler (5) to form an open circuit in response to direct current and to form a short circuit in response to a fundamental wave. The first rectifier (31) includes a ground (GND) conductor (410) to be a reference potential, and the second rectifier (32) includes a GND conductor (420) to be a reference potential. The GND conductor (410) and the GND conductor (420) are connected with the capacitive coupler (5) in between. The first rectifier (31) and the second rectifier (32) are connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanaka, Tomohiro Takahashi, Masashi Wada, Hiroshi Osakada, Yukihiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20220014045
    Abstract: A rectenna device includes an antenna (210), a first rectifier (31) to rectify a radio frequency wave input in the antenna (210), an antenna (220), a second rectifier (32) to rectify a radio frequency wave input in the antenna (220), and a capacitive coupler (5) to form an open circuit in response to direct current and to form a short circuit in response to a fundamental wave. The first rectifier (31) includes a ground (GND) conductor (410) to be a reference potential, and the second rectifier (32) includes a GND conductor (420) to be a reference potential. The GND conductor (410) and the GND conductor (420) are connected with the capacitive coupler (5) in between. The first rectifier (31) and the second rectifier (32) are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TANAKA, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Masashi WADA, Hiroshi OSAKADA, Yukihiro HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20210396798
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna to transmit power by radiating a radio wave; a radiation direction determiner to determine a radiation direction. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate the radio wave; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of the transmission signal. An orientation direction is changed to the radiation direction by controlling a phase shift amount of the phase shifter. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV method using a hovering aerial moving body hovering above the power transmission antenna. The phase shifter changes the phase by an amount obtained by subtracting the phase offset value from the phase shift amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiro HOMMA
  • Patent number: 11137433
    Abstract: A radio wave measurement system includes: an aerial moving body to move or to hover above a measurement target antenna for radiating a radio wave in a sky direction; and a position measurer to measure a position of the aerial moving body. The aerial moving body is mounted with a measurement antenna to receive the radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure received radio wave data. The radio wave measurement system further includes a radiated radio wave data generator to generate radiated radio wave data including the received radio wave data and the radio wave source relative position data representing measurement point data that is data of a position of the aerial moving body at a point of time when the received radio wave data is measured, as a relative position with respect to the measurement target antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20210218285
    Abstract: A rectenna controller connected to a rectenna that receives radio frequency power and converts the radio frequency power into direct current power, the rectenna controller controlling the direct current power received from the rectenna and supplying the controlled direct current power to a load, the rectenna controller including: an input terminal receiving the direct current power converted by the rectenna; an output terminal supplying the controlled direct current power to the load; a first switching element disposed in a current path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal; and a controller controlling the first switching element, wherein when the controller does not operate, the first switching element becomes conducting to render the current path conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki MORIOKA, Yasutoshi YASHIKI, Hidetada TOKIOKA, Toshiyuki TANAKA, Yukihiro HOMMA, Maho UTSUMI, Masaomi TSURU
  • Patent number: 10962579
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna; a radiation direction determiner; an orientation direction changer; and a transmission signal generator. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate radio waves; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal from the power transmission antenna. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV (rotating element electric field vector) method using an aerial moving body hovering over the power transmission antenna and mounting a measurement antenna to receive a radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure received radio wave data including an amplitude of the radio wave received by the measurement antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Homma, Maho Sato, Manabu Sawa
  • Patent number: 10903696
    Abstract: The rectifying device converts high-frequency power input from an input terminal into direct current power and outputs the direct current power from an output terminal. The rectifying device includes a rectifier that converts the high-frequency power into the direct current power, and an impedance changer having one end connected to a connection point of the rectifier and the output terminal and the other end to which reference voltage is applied such that impedance varies while having a negative correlation with respect to an absolute value of voltage of the direct current power. When the absolute value of the voltage of the direct current power is greater than a predetermined value that is lower than reverse withstand voltage of the rectifying element included in the rectifier, the impedance of the impedance changer as viewed from the rectifier is a value regarded as corresponding to a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanaka, Jun Shimokawatoko, Masaomi Tsuru, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yukihiro Homma
  • Patent number: 10848009
    Abstract: The rectifying device converts high-frequency power input from an input terminal into direct current power and outputs the direct current power from an output terminal. The rectifying device includes a rectifier that converts the high-frequency power into the direct current power, and an impedance changer having one end connected to a connection point of the rectifier and the output terminal and the other end to which reference voltage is applied such that impedance varies while having a negative correlation with respect to an absolute value of voltage of the direct current power. When the absolute value of the voltage of the direct current power is greater than a predetermined value that is lower than reverse withstand voltage of the rectifying element included in the rectifier, the impedance of the impedance changer as viewed from the rectifier is a value regarded as corresponding to a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tanaka, Jun Shimokawatoko, Masaomi Tsuru, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yukihiro Homma
  • Publication number: 20200355734
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device includes: a power transmission antenna a radiation direction determiner; an orientation direction changer; and a transmission signal generator. The power transmission antenna is a phased array antenna including: a plurality of element antennas to radiate radio waves; and a plurality of element modules, each of the plurality of element modules including a phase shifter to change a phase of a transmission signal and an amplifier to amplify the transmission signal from the power transmission antenna. A phase offset value for the phase shifter included in each of the plurality of element modules is calculated by performing a REV (rotating element electric field vector) method using an aerial moving body hovering over the power transmission antenna and mounting a measurement antenna to receive a radio wave and a radio wave measurer to measure received radio wave data including an amplitude of the radio wave received by the measurement antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro HOMMA, Maho SATO, Manabu SAWA