Patents by Inventor Hiroki Matsuda

Hiroki Matsuda 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: 20240151442
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a flow path switching valve, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, a third expansion valve, a refrigerant container, a first check valve, and a second check valve. The flow path switching valve switches a circulation direction of a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture between a first circulation direction and a second circulation direction. A first port of the third expansion valve communicates with the refrigerant container through the third heat exchanger. A second port of the third expansion valve communicates through the first check valve with a first flow path between the first heat exchanger and the first expansion valve, and communicates through the second check valve with a second flow path between the second heat exchanger and the second expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Soichiro KOSHI, Hiroki ISHIYAMA, Takuya MATSUDA, Yusuke TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 11979922
    Abstract: A communication device is a device in which a radio connection state with another communication device changes from an unconnected state to a predetermined connected state by performing a predetermined connection procedure. The communication device acquires predetermined information for transmitting data to the another communication device in the unconnected state. The communication device then transmits the data to the another communication device in the unconnected state based on the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11974268
    Abstract: A mobile device including circuitry configured to: receive one or more synchronization signal blocks periodically transmitted from a base station, each synchronization signal block containing Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH), wherein the PBCH carries a Master Information Block (MIB) which contains information of subcarrier interval for System Information Block type 1 (SIB1); identify an index of a first synchronization signal block among the one or more synchronization signal blocks; and receive Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) being located in a common search space and including an added Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) which is scrambled by System Information Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI), and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) carrying the SIB1, the PDSCH being scheduled by the PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11960225
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Kohei Matsuda, Hiroki Ogino, Yasushi Katsuta, Kaori Noguchi, Junko Hirata, Akira Kuroda, Yuki Nishizawa, Tsutomu Shimano, Toru Oguma
  • Publication number: 20240121144
    Abstract: A communication apparatus repeatedly transmits a first signal a first number of times. The communication apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit generates a transmission signal including a second signal that is obtained by concatenating the first signal repeated a second number of times, and has a cyclic prefix at a head or a tail, and transmits the transmission signal to a communication partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240120990
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit generates a radio signal including a first segment including transmission data and a second segment not including the transmission data, and transmits the radio signal via a plurality of propagation paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki MATSUDA, Shinichiro TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11956675
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus including: a communication unit that performs radio communication; a control unit that controls an operation of sensing resources to be used in a communication scheme used for performing inter-device communication with other devices, in which the control unit controls to sense the resource in a predetermined minimum unit on a time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yifu Tang, Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11950256
    Abstract: A wireless communication device including an acquisition unit that acquires an information set related to a transmission parameter when transmitting a resource arbitrarily selected from a predetermined resource pool to a transmission target (for example, performing grant-free transmission), and a setting unit that sets the transmission parameter using the information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11943779
    Abstract: A terminal device that performs communication with a base station, including: a wireless transmitter that transmits an uplink channel using a first signal waveform or a second signal waveform, the first signal waveform is a signal generated without performing a predetermined conversion process, and the second signal waveform is a signal uenerated by performing the predetermined conversion process, in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined control channel, the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel, and in a case where the uplink channel is a predetermined shared channel, either the first signal waveform or the second signal waveform is used for transmitting the uplink channel based on control information uniquely notified from the base station to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11929954
    Abstract: There is provided a communication system in which a base station apparatus communicates with a terminal apparatus and a communication apparatus flexibly designed to address diverse use cases so as to significantly enhance the transmission efficiency of the system as a whole. The communication apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires information from an apparatus in wireless communication, and a control section that selects either orthogonal multiple access communication or non-orthogonal multiple access communication for communication with the apparatus on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11924664
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a communication unit that performs wireless communication; a notification unit that notifies another communication device of first information regarding setting related to measurement of a communication environment with the other communication device transmitting a reference signal, on the basis of predetermined conditions; and an acquisition unit that acquires second information regarding the setting from the other communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11924889
    Abstract: Provided are a communication device and a communication method capable of further improving the quality between radio links in a communication system in which a base station device and the communication device communicate with each other. A communication device (50) according to the present disclosure includes a receiver (511a) and a transmitter (512d). The receiver (511a) receives a synchronization signal transmitted from a base station device (20, 30). The transmitter (512d) transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) including a feature capable of uniquely identifying the synchronization signal received by a receiver (511a) and/or a PRACH resource to the base station device (20, 30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Matsuda, Naoki Kusashima
  • Patent number: 11912284
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirata, Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Kengo Iwata, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Matsuda, Masahito Kashihara, Chieko Nakagami
  • Publication number: 20240056164
    Abstract: A communication device is a communication device capable of using uni-directional relay communication in which one communication of uplink communication and downlink communication with another communication device is relay communication via a relay station and the other communication is direct communication, and the communication device acquires an HARQ ID different from at least one of an HARQ ID for communication between the other communication device and the relay station and an HARQ ID for communication between the communication device and the relay station, the HARQ ID being used in end-to-end between the other communication device and the communication device in the uni-directional relay communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: HIROKI MATSUDA, HIROMASA UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240048266
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a generation unit that generates a bit sequence including a system bit sequence part and a parity bit sequence part, and a processing unit that performs at least one of mapping of the bit sequence to a complex signal point and mapping of the complex signal point mapped with the bit sequence to a resource based on a predetermined condition regarding a channel state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: HIROKI MATSUDA, SHINICHIRO TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20240022315
    Abstract: A communication device includes a reception unit that receives, from the base station, a physical control signal used to control a physical layer of the communication device, the physical control signal including beam information about a beam used for communication between the communication device and the terminal device; and a communication control unit that controls a beam used for communication between the communication device and the terminal device based on the beam information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: NAOKI KUSASHIMA, HIROMASA UCHIYAMA, HIROKI MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11877277
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal device including a measuring unit that performs downlink measurement on the basis of a downlink reference signal, and a transmitting unit that transmits a first uplink reference signal on the basis of first setting related to measurement for radio resource management. The transmitting unit transmits the first uplink reference signal in a case in which a first condition is satisfied, and the measuring unit performs the downlink measurement in a case in which a second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kusashima, Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Ryota Kimura, Hiroki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240014030
    Abstract: A method for selectively depositing silicon nitride on a first material relative to a second material is disclosed. An exemplary method includes performing one or more deposition cycles and performing a treatments process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Agung Setiadi, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20240014741
    Abstract: An insulated power supply apparatus includes: a transformer; a switching element connected in series with a primary-side winding of the transformer; an active clamp circuit connected between terminals of the winding; and a semiconductor device for power supply control that controls the switching element and the active clamp circuit. A current-to-voltage converter element is connected in series with the switching element. The semiconductor device includes: a circuit that generates a timing to turn off the switching element based on a voltage obtained by conversion by the converter element and a predetermined turn-off threshold level; a circuit that performs ON/OFF control of the switching element in a burst mode at a predetermined load or less; and a circuit that, in the burst mode, changes a burst frequency to be lower as a load current is smaller with the number of switching times of the switching element in one burst cycle fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke IMADE, Hiroki MATSUDA, Takumi HYUGAJI, Yukio MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230413341
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus that includes a control unit that performs control such that a plurality of reference signals associated with pieces of antenna information different from each other is transmitted to a terminal apparatus, and an acquisition unit that acquires control information corresponding to at least any one of the plurality of reference signals from the terminal apparatus after a random access response in a random access procedure is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. The control unit controls following communication with the terminal apparatus on the basis of the antenna information corresponding to the acquired control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: NAOKI KUSASHIMA, KAZUYUKI SHIMEZAWA, HIROKI MATSUDA