Patents by Inventor Hideki Kanemoto
Hideki Kanemoto 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).
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Publication number: 20230130636Abstract: A communication apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes: a camera that captures a still image used for generating a map; a positioning circuit that positions a captured position of the still image; a control circuit that associates position information indicating the captured position with image data of the still image; and a communication circuit that establishes a radio communication with a roadside unit and transmits the image data by radio to the roadside unit, in which the control circuit rearranges an transmission order of the image data to be transmitted by radio to the roadside unit, based on the position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Noriyuki SHIMIZU, Hideki KANEMOTO, Yuzo MORIUCHI, Takeshi YASUNAGA, Rei HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20230124953Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable construction of a wireless system with consideration given to interference with the surroundings of a certain area. The information processing device is provided with: an evaluation unit which evaluates interference with the outside of a specific area caused by beams that are formed at transmission points set inside the specific area and that radiate in a plurality of directions; and a determination unit which determines, on the basis of the result of the evaluation of the interference, the beam width of at least some of the beams that radiate in the plurality of directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Hideki KANEMOTO, Yuzo MORIUCHI, Rei HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20230023406Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable construction of a wireless system with consideration given to interference with the surroundings of a certain area. This information processing device is provided with: a first evaluation unit that evaluates a distribution of first wireless radio waves entering the inside of a certain area when wireless radio waves are radiated from one or more transmission points set outside the area; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the evaluation result regarding the distribution of the first wireless radio waves, information about the disposition candidate position of a wireless base station to be disposed inside the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Rei HASEGAWA, Yuzo MORIUCHI, Hideki KANEMOTO
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Patent number: 11283513Abstract: According to the present application, an aircraft terminal device for air-to-ground communication includes an in-flight communication controller configured to control communication with multiple user terminals, and, when a counterpart based station device on the ground needs to reserve a communication resource for ground-to-ground communication, the in-flight communication controller cuts off communication with at least one of the multiple user terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Yasunaga, Hideki Kanemoto, Ritsu Miura
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Publication number: 20220053432Abstract: A wireless system can use a shared frequency mainly used by an existing first wireless system under predetermined sharing conditions, and includes a communication unit performing wireless communication with a terminal accommodated in a communication area, at least one sensor disposed around the communication area and measuring reception power of a signal sent from the inside of the communication area via the communication unit, a memory storing beam data indicating a correspondence relationship between a beam direction of the signal and a measurement result in the sensor, a determination unit determining allowable maximum transmission power of the signal in each beam direction on the basis of the sharing conditions and the beam data, and an allocation unit allocating a radio resource to the terminal on the basis of the allowable maximum transmission power in each beam direction and channel state information reported from the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hideki KANEMOTO, Hiroaki ASANO
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Patent number: 11245466Abstract: According to the present application, a base station device is configured to manage a vertically-oriented cell and a ground cell with respective IDs used to identify each cell, to determine whether or not a counterpart terminal device is an aircraft terminal device for air-to-ground communication based on a terminal ID included in a message received therefrom, and to control communication with the counterpart terminal device such that, if the counterpart terminal device is an aircraft terminal device, the base station selects the vertically-oriented cell as a connection destination of the counterpart terminal device and transmits a connection instruction message including a cell ID of the vertically-oriented cell to the counterpart terminal device, otherwise, the base station selects the ground cell as a connection destination of the counterpart terminal device and transmits a connection instruction message including a cell ID of the ground cell to the counterpart terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kanemoto, Takeshi Yasunaga, Ritsu Miura
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Patent number: 11191039Abstract: A wireless system can use a shared frequency mainly used by an existing first wireless system under predetermined sharing conditions, and includes a communication unit performing wireless communication with a terminal accommodated in a communication area, at least one sensor disposed around the communication area and measuring reception power of a signal sent from the inside of the communication area via the communication unit, a memory storing beam data indicating a correspondence relationship between a beam direction of the signal and a measurement result in the sensor, a determination unit determining allowable maximum transmission power of the signal in each beam direction on the basis of the sharing conditions and the beam data, and an allocation unit allocating a radio resource to the terminal on the basis of the allowable maximum transmission power in each beam direction and channel state information reported from the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hideki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Asano
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Patent number: 11089483Abstract: A shared frequency management apparatus includes a communicator receiving application information regarding use of a shared frequency band from each of base stations of plural different communication companies, a determiner determining whether or not allocation of different TDD patterns during use of adjacent carrier frequencies among plural carrier frequencies included in the shared frequency band is possible on the basis of the application information from each base station, a setter setting the TDD pattern for each of the carrier frequencies on the basis of the application information from each base station and a determination result of whether or not allocation of the different TDD patterns is possible, and a decision unit deciding an allocation content of the shared frequency band to each base station, satisfying the application information from each base station, on the basis of a setting result of the TDD pattern for each carrier frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hideki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Asano
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Patent number: 11076339Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first base station connectable to a backbone network by a wireless backhaul, and a path generator generating a wireless multi-hop path including the first base station and one or more second base stations connected to the first base station by a wireless multi-hop. The first base station reports a measurement result of a line quality of the wireless backhaul and a measurement result of a line quality between the first base station and the second base station disposed around the first base station. The first base station is switched to a first mode connected to the backbone network by the wireless backhaul or to a second mode connected to the second base station by a wireless multi-hop, in response to the path signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hideki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Asano
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Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus and directivity determination method
Patent number: 11057124Abstract: A wireless receiver measures a reception parameter while scanning multiple pieces of reception directivity for an interval during which a signal is not transmitted from a wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter transmits a signal while scanning multiple pieces of transmission directivity, and the wireless receives measures a reception parameter relating to reception of the signal and determines k pieces of transmission directivity that correspond to high-ranking k results, respectively, of the measurement that have a great reception parameter. The wireless transmitter forms any transmission directivity and transmits a signal, and the wireless receives measures a reception parameter while scanning M pieces of reception directivity and determines reception directivity that is to be used for data communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Kanemoto -
Patent number: 10939439Abstract: A base station holds information on uplink radio resources which has been allocated to at least one already connected communication terminal for performing radio communication using a high frequency with the base station, receives a notification of participation in a radio communication system from a new communication terminal, and allocates unallocated uplink radio resources using high frequencies to the new communication terminal based on the information on the uplink radio resources when received the notification of participation. The new communication terminal transmits data to the base station by using the allocated uplink radio resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Kanemoto
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Patent number: 10912099Abstract: Provided is a communication terminal configured to communicate with base stations, including a memory and a processor. The processor executes a position acquisition task that acquires position information on the communication terminal, an accumulation task that accumulates connection frequency information and discontinuance frequency information that relate to communication with each of the base stations at a position of the communication terminal, a determination task that determines a connection priority for preferentially making a connection to each of the base stations from a position of the communication terminal, based on the connection frequency information and the discontinuance frequency information at the position of the communication terminal, a connection control task that controls a connection to each of one or more base stations, in a descending order of the determined connection priority, and a communication task that performs data communication with the one or more base stations.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Kanemoto
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Publication number: 20200367063Abstract: A shared frequency management apparatus includes a communicator receiving application information regarding use of a shared frequency band from each of base stations of plural different communication companies, a determiner determining whether or not allocation of different TDD patterns during use of adjacent carrier frequencies among plural carrier frequencies included in the shared frequency band is possible on the basis of the application information from each base station, a setter setting the TDD pattern for each of the carrier frequencies on the basis of the application information from each base station and a determination result of whether or not allocation of the different TDD patterns is possible, and a decision unit deciding an allocation content of the shared frequency band to each base station, satisfying the application information from each base station, on the basis of a setting result of the TDD pattern for each carrier frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hideki KANEMOTO, Hiroaki ASANO
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Publication number: 20200344701Abstract: A wireless system can use a shared frequency mainly used by an existing first wireless system under predetermined sharing conditions, and includes a communication unit performing wireless communication with a terminal accommodated in a communication area, at least one sensor disposed around the communication area and measuring reception power of a signal sent from the inside of the communication area via the communication unit, a memory storing beam data indicating a correspondence relationship between a beam direction of the signal and a measurement result in the sensor, a determination unit determining allowable maximum transmission power of the signal in each beam direction on the basis of the sharing conditions and the beam data, and an allocation unit allocating a radio resource to the terminal on the basis of the allowable maximum transmission power in each beam direction and channel state information reported from the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hideki KANEMOTO, Hiroaki ASANO
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Patent number: 10805806Abstract: A shared frequency management system that manages sharing of frequencies of a shared frequency band mainly used by a first wireless system with a second wireless system, includes an input unit that receives first border information regarding a first border indicating a border of a first region in which a reception level based on transmission of a first wireless signal using the frequencies of the shared frequency band from the first wireless system becomes a defined value, a deriving unit that derives second border information regarding a second border indicating a border of a second region in which a reception level based on transmission of a second wireless signal using the frequencies of the shared frequency band from the second wireless system becomes the defined value, and a permission condition determination unit that determines a sharing permission condition regarding the frequencies of the shared frequency band for the second wireless system on the basis of the first border information and the secondType: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hideki Kanemoto, Hiroaki Asano
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Publication number: 20200295820Abstract: According to the present application, an aircraft terminal device for air-to-ground communication includes an in-flight communication controller configured to control communication with multiple user terminals and, and, when a counterpart based station device on the ground needs to reserve a communication resource for ground-to-ground communication, the in-flight communication controller cuts off communication with at least one of the multiple user terminals and.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi YASUNAGA, Hideki KANEMOTO, Ritsu MIURA
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Publication number: 20200287618Abstract: According to the present application, a base station device is configured to manage a vertically-oriented cell and a ground cell with respective IDs used to identify each cell, to determine whether or not a counterpart terminal device is an aircraft terminal device for air-to-ground communication based on a terminal ID included in a message received therefrom, and to control communication with the counterpart terminal device such that, if the counterpart terminal device is an aircraft terminal device, the base station selects the vertically-oriented cell as a connection destination of the counterpart terminal device and transmits a connection instruction message including a cell ID of the vertically-oriented cell to the counterpart terminal device, otherwise, the base station selects the ground cell as a connection destination of the counterpart terminal device and transmits a connection instruction message including a cell ID of the ground cell to the counterpart terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki KANEMOTO, Takeshi YASUNAGA, Ritsu MIURA
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Publication number: 20200260357Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first base station connectable to a backbone network by a wireless backhaul, and a path generator generating a wireless multi-hop path including the first base station and one or more second base stations connected to the first base station by a wireless multi-hop. The first base station reports a measurement result of a line quality of the wireless backhaul and a measurement result of a line quality between the first base station and the second base station disposed around the first base station. The first base station is switched to a first mode connected to the backbone network by the wireless backhaul or to a second mode connected to the second base station by a wireless multi-hop, in response to the path signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hideki KANEMOTO, Hiroaki ASANO
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Publication number: 20200245151Abstract: A shared frequency management system that manages sharing of frequencies of a shared frequency band mainly used by a first wireless system with a second wireless system, includes an input unit that receives first border information regarding a first border indicating a border of a first region in which a reception level based on transmission of a first wireless signal using the frequencies of the shared frequency band from the first wireless system becomes a defined value, a deriving unit that derives second border information regarding a second border indicating a border of a second region in which a reception level based on transmission of a second wireless signal using the frequencies of the shared frequency band from the second wireless system becomes the defined value, and a permission condition determination unit that determines a sharing permission condition regarding the frequencies of the shared frequency band for the second wireless system on the basis of the first border information and the secondType: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hideki KANEMOTO, Hiroaki ASANO
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Publication number: 20200236516Abstract: A communication charging system includes a first measuring device that measures an amount of communication established by a terminal in utilization of a first communication service using a first communication network and a second measuring device that measures an amount of communication established by the terminal in utilization of a second communication service using a second communication network. The first measuring device transmits information regarding the measured amount of communication in the utilization of the first communication service to the second measuring device. The second measuring device associates with information regarding the terminal and stores the information regarding the amount of communication in the utilization of the first communication service, which has been transmitted from the first measuring device, and information regarding the measured amount of communication in the utilization of the second communication service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Osamu KATO, Hiroaki ASANO, Yasuhiro AOYAMA, Hideki KANEMOTO