Patents Assigned to Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240162991
    Abstract: An optical transmission device includes: a first optical phase modulator that outputs a first optical signal by phase-modulating the laser beam having a first oscillation frequency according to the first electric signal in a case where the first electric signal is output to the first transmission path, a second optical phase modulator that outputs a laser beam having a second oscillation frequency as the second optical signal in a case where the first electric signal is output to the first transmission path; an optical multiplexer/distributor that outputs a third optical signal and a fourth optical signal by multiplexing the first optical signal and the second optical signal and distributing a result of the multiplexing; a first detection unit that converts the third optical signal into a first heterodyne detection signal; a second detection unit that converts the fourth optical signal into a second heterodyne detection signal; and a first optical intensity modulator that intensity-modulates a laser beam havi
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo MIYATAKE, Yoichi FUKADA, Toshiaki SHITABA, Akihiro TANABE, Tomoaki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240162982
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an optical space communication device includes: an optical antenna configured to receive laser light emitted by multiplexing a main signal to be communicated and a control signal used to maintain or control the communication; an optical branching element configured to branch the laser light received by the optical antenna into first laser light and second laser light; a main signal extraction unit configured to extract the main signal based on the first laser light; a positional deviation detection unit configured to detect a positional deviation of the laser light based on the second laser light; and a control signal extraction unit configured to extract the control signal based on the second laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi IMAI, Naotaka SHIBATA, Shin KANEKO, Rintaro HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240163245
    Abstract: In order to solve the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a network system, a control method, a database, a controller, and a program capable of path construction in a device IF direct access network without disclosing connection information. A network system according to the present invention (1) specifies and records a location on a network of a user and a device used by the user by using exchange of authentication data using a media signal of the device, and (2) when the user makes a connection request to content by using a user name, a controller solves location information on the network by using the user name, controls the network, and realizes connection between the content and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya FUKUI, Toshihito FUJIWARA, Ryota SHIINA, Tomohiko IKEDA, Hiroya ONO
  • Publication number: 20240161384
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a first ray tracing unit configured to determine a two-dimensional ray trace from a transmission point at which a radio wave is transmitted, to a reception point at which the radio wave is received; a second ray tracing unit configured to determine a three-dimensional ray trace corresponding to the two-dimensional ray trace, using height information about the transmission point and the reception point; and a radio field intensity calculation unit that calculates the intensity of the radio wave at the reception point, using one or more three-dimensional ray traces determined by the second ray tracing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240157003
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ultraviolet light irradiation system and an ultraviolet light irradiation method which can perceive a state of a region where ultraviolet light is irradiated to output/block the ultraviolet light. An ultraviolet light irradiation system 301 according to the present invention includes an ultraviolet light source unit 11 that produces ultraviolet light, an N (N is a natural number) irradiation unit 13 that irradiates an irradiation target region Ar with the ultraviolet light, a sensor unit 31 that detects whether or not an object that should avoid exposure is present in the irradiation target region Ar, and a blocking unit 30 that stops, in a case where the object that should avoid exposure is present in the irradiation target region Ar, irradiation of the ultraviolet light from the irradiation unit 13 to the irradiation target region Ar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako IWAKI, Takahito KIRIHARA, Tomohiro TANIGUCHI, Satoshi NARIKAWA, Kazuhide NAKAJIMA, Takashi MATSUI, Nobutomo HANZAWA, Yuto SAGAE, Chisato FUKAI
  • Patent number: 11983246
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data analysis system capable of performing analysis appropriately using a CNN model while reducing communication traffic. A data analysis system 90 includes: an instrument 10 that performs a conversion process of outputting compression data obtained as a result of processing observation data received via an input layer of a learned neural network 18A using portions ranging from the input layer to a predetermined intermediate layer; and a device 20 that performs an analysis process of inputting the compression data to a subsequent intermediate layer in a learned neural network 18B, inputting data obtained by decoding the compression data, which is an output of the subsequent intermediate layer, to an output layer configured using a CNN model, and obtaining an analysis result of the observation data as an output of the output layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kurauchi, Naoto Abe, Hiroshi Konishi, Hitoshi Seshimo
  • Patent number: 11985457
    Abstract: A communication device in a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network, the communication device including a capsulation function unit configured to encapsulate information that is to be transmitted to another communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Hatano, Manabu Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11985529
    Abstract: A plurality of access points configured to communicate with a subordinate wireless LAN terminal, an information collecting device configured to collect a frame respectively transmitted and received between the plurality of access points and the wireless LAN terminal, and extract information on communication quality of an access point of the plurality of access points from a header of the frame, and an information collecting server configured to acquire the information on the communication quality of the access point from the information collecting device, analyze the information to determine whether the communication quality is good or bad for each of the plurality of access points, and execute processing of externally displaying or notifying a result that is determined are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nabeshima, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tomoaki Ogawa, Shinya Otsuki, Makoto Umeuchi, Junichi Iwatani, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11982837
    Abstract: An object is to improve crosstalk between ports while keeping an interposer circuit small. In an interposer circuit that includes a first surface connected to an optical circuit, a second surface that is connected to a fiber block and is located opposite to the first surface in parallel with the first surface, and a plurality of connection waveguides connected to a plurality of input/output waveguides included in the optical circuit and a plurality of input/output fibers included in the fiber block, the connection waveguides each have a straight shape, and an angle (?) formed between the first surface and each of the connection waveguides is the same as an angle (?) formed between the second surface and each of the connection waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ikuma, Yusuke Nasu, Manabu Oguma, Takashi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11980791
    Abstract: A living body guidance device includes: a measurement unit 1 that measures biometric information of a user; a stimulus unit 2 that is installed in contact with the user's body and presents a tactile stimulus to the user; a database unit 3 that has a relationship between the tactile stimulus presented by the stimulus unit and the biometric information according to the tactile stimulus recorded; an input unit 4 that sets target biometric information which is target biometric information that is desired of the user to realize; and a control unit 7 that, when there is a difference between current biometric information which is current biometric information of the user estimated based on the measurement result by the measurement unit and the target biometric information, controls the tactile stimulus presented by the stimulus unit so that the difference is reduced, so as to guide the user so that the current biometric information approaches the target biometric information, based on the relationship recorded in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mana Sasagawa, Arinobu Niijima, Kana Eguchi, Ryosuke Aoki, Takashi Isezaki, Tomoki Watanabe, Toshitaka Kimura
  • Patent number: 11985533
    Abstract: There are provided a plurality of radio devices detecting an interference source signal transmitted by an interference source and generating pieces of air time information showing whether the interference source signal exists or not for each predetermined time unit; and an aggregation device estimating air time of the interference source by acquiring the pieces of air time information from the plurality of radio devices and aggregating/integrating the acquired pieces of air time information for each predetermined unit time, matching timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Iwatani, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tomoaki Ogawa, Makoto Umeuchi, Shinya Otsuki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Masayoshi Nabeshima
  • Patent number: 11982839
    Abstract: To provide an optical 90-degree hybrid formed of a silicon waveguide capable of suppressing an optical loss and a phase error, and facilitating electronic packaging and optical packaging. In the optical 90-degree hybrid circuit including two optical branching units facing each other and two optical coupling units facing away from each other, four arm waveguides are arranged including bent waveguides each of which guides an output light of the optical branching unit to the optical coupling unit, and is formed in a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Jizodo, Manabu Oguma, Yusuke Nasu, Yuichiro Ikuma
  • Patent number: 11983487
    Abstract: A document creation assistance apparatus includes a tree structure generation unit configured to analyze a learning document for system development and generate a tree structure representing separate sections of the learning document, a frequency calculation unit configured to calculate, per leaf node of the tree structure, a frequency vector of a word that appears, a question extraction unit configured to extract, according to the frequency vector, a word about which a user is to be questioned, a question presentation unit configured to present a question about the extracted word to the user and receive an answer, and a document generation unit configured to generate a document with the extracted word and the answer set in a section of the separate sections of the leaf node according to the separate sections of the tree structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Moriya, Manabu Nishio, Taizo Yamamoto, Takashi Utahara
  • Patent number: 11983855
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a change detection unit configured to detect phase changes in multiple predetermined directions from among phase changes in a luminance image in units of mutually different resolutions, and a reliability estimation unit configured to estimate reliability of the detected phase change based on temporal amplitude change information in the multiple directions determined in the luminance image. The reliability estimation unit may estimate the reliability using an amplitude change of multiple resolutions and using a value of an amplitude change equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value among images having multiple resolutions. The reliability may become a greater value as the amplitude change becomes larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichiro Takeda, Kazuki Okami, Megumi Isogai, Hideaki Kimata
  • Patent number: 11982542
    Abstract: A first calculation unit synthesizes respective measured values of acceleration of an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis measured by a measurement unit and calculates the synthesized acceleration. A second calculation unit calculates acceleration in a body axis direction (vertical direction) of a wearer wearing the measurement unit from the respective measured values of acceleration of the X-axis, the Y-axis and the Z-axis. The third calculation unit calculates amplitude of a time variation of acceleration in the body axis direction calculated by the second calculation unit. A reference setting unit sets a reference time for determining one step based on the amplitude calculated by the third calculation unit. A walking detection unit detects one-step walking motion of the wearer, a one-step time of which falls within a range of the reference time based on the synthesized acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11982884
    Abstract: There is provided an optical signal processing device that generates a mask function in an optical domain to enable high-speed RC processing. For light emitted from a laser light source, an optical modulator modulates at a modulation period at least one of the intensity and phase values of the optical electric field. Thereby, the light emitted from the laser light source becomes an input signal. The input signal is entered into an optical FIR filter unit. For the input signal, the term corresponding to the mask function is multiplied at the optical FIR filter unit and weighted. Thereby, the input signal is converted into an input signal modulated. The modulated input signal enters via an optical coupler, an optical circulation circuit which is loaded with a variable attenuator and a nonlinear response element. The circulating optical signal is branched into two by an optical coupler. One branched light is converted into an intermediate signal at an optical receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsumasa Nakajima, Toshikazu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11983495
    Abstract: An evaluation device includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate feature quantities of respective words, the feature quantities corresponding to text data in which a target of any goal of the SDGs is described and text data in which an outline of one or more first services for which a contribution to the goal that is clear is described, a generation unit configured to generate a sentence feature matrix based on the feature quantities of the respective words, a second calculation unit configured to calculate, when text data in which an outline of a second service is described is input, feature quantities of respective words, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of a contribution of the second service to the goal based on the feature quantities of the respective words relevant to the second service and the sentence feature matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Furutani, Machiko Shinozuka, Xiaoxi Zhang, Hiroki Oka, Katsuya Hayashi, Yuriko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11983249
    Abstract: An error determination device includes a class estimation process observation unit configured to acquire data in a process of being estimated, from a class estimation unit that estimates a class of data to be classified and generate an estimation process feature vector based on the acquired data; and an error determination unit configured to accept input of the estimation process feature vector generated by the class estimation process observation unit and a classification result output from the class estimation unit and determine whether the classification result is correct or incorrect based on the estimation process feature vector and the classification result, wherein the error determination unit is a functional part generated by machine learning based on an estimation process feature vector list created by adding a pseudo feature vector to an estimation process feature vector list generated by the class estimation process observation unit and on a learning error-correction list indicating that a class co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11984903
    Abstract: To provide a variable reference voltage source for which a measuring instrument is unnecessary for calibration on the outside. A variable reference voltage source that generates a variable reference voltage corresponding to setting data set from outside includes a control unit including a calibration control unit that controls operation for calibrating an offset and a predetermined unit voltage inside the variable reference voltage source and an output control unit that controls operation for outputting the variable reference voltage, a reference voltage unit that outputs a reference voltage Vref, and an integrated-voltage generating unit that repeats, when the calibration control unit controls the operation, an integrating operation until an integrated voltage obtained by integrating the predetermined unit voltage becomes equal to the reference voltage Vref and outputs, when the output control unit controls the operation, the variable reference voltage corresponding to the setting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Minotani, Kenichi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11985034
    Abstract: A management device comprises an extracting means that extracts, from a database storing configuration information, the client terminals belonging to a specified group, network devices directly serving the client terminals, network devices between the serving network devices, and MEC devices to be treated as candidates for selection, and a selecting means that selects the MEC device to be accessed by the plurality of client terminals forming the group by using first and second amounts of latency, the first amount of latency being the amount of latency between each network device directly serving the client terminals belonging to the group and each MEC device, and the second amount of latency being the amount of latency between each network device directly serving the client terminals belonging to the group and each client terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Sato, Tomohiro Okada, Takayuki Nakamura, Shunsuke Homma, Mitsuo Amasaka