Patents by Inventor Hironori Nakae
Hironori Nakae 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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Patent number: 9262913Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 9236931Abstract: A relay device according to the present invention includes: a receiving unit which receives a frame; a transmitting unit which transmits a frame; a frame determination unit which stores therein the first frame when the frame determination unit determines that the received frame is the first frame; a proxy ACK generation unit which generates a third frame which is a proxy frame of a second frame which is a frame to be transmitted from the receiving device, as a receipt acknowledgement to the first frame; and a communication control unit which: causes the transmitting unit to transmit the third frame; sets an extended active period in the inactive period subsequent to the active period; and transmits the first frame in the extended active period when the receiving unit does not receive the second frame within a predetermined period after reception of the first frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Ukita, Hironori Nakae, Hiroshi Hayashino
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Publication number: 20150310736Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Kazunori YAMADA, Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Shigehiro IIDA, Mizuho SAKAKIBARA, Toshiaki OHNISHI, Masaru YAMAOKA, Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Tomoaki OHIRA, Michihiro MATSUMOTO, Tsutomu MUKAI, Yosuke MATSUSHITA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Hironori NAKAE
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Patent number: 9143933Abstract: A communication device, which can simplify various setting processes, transmits, to a server via a network, external device information received from an external device by using proximity wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Mitsuaki Oshima, Masaru Yamaoka, Tsutomu Mukai, Takahiro Sato, Ikuo Fuchigami, Tadanori Tezuka, Shohji Ohtsubo, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 9142122Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida
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Patent number: 9078258Abstract: A control point device that reduces delay in a power-saving wireless network includes a normal data generating unit that generates 1st-type data, a preferential data generating unit that generates 2nd-type data different from the 1st-type data, a determining unit that determines an active period length, a beacon generating unit that generates a broadcasting signal including information corresponding to the determined length of the active period, and a transmitting unit that transmits the broadcasting signal to the terminal on a frame basis. The determining unit shortens the length of the active period when the preferential data generating unit generates the 2nd-type data, and a preferential data period is set in an ex-active period obtained by the shortening of the active period, the preferential data period being a period during which the 2nd-type data is transmitted. The transmitting unit transmits the 2nd-type data to the terminal during the preferential data period.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Ukita, Hironori Nakae, Hiroshi Hayashino
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Patent number: 9047759Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Kazunori Yamada, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida, Mizuho Sakakibara, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 9020432Abstract: A mobile communication device (98b) includes: an appliance information obtainment unit (98n) that obtains appliance information (98n1) by proximity wireless communication (98c1) with an appliance (98a) installed in a home (99), the appliance information specifying the appliance (98a); a position information obtainment unit (98j) that obtains position information (98j1) of the mobile communication device when the proximity wireless communication (98c1) is performed; and a transmission unit (98o) that transmits transmission information (98o1) to a server (98c) in the case where the proximity wireless communication (98c1) is performed, the transmission information including the appliance information (98n1) and the position information (98j1).Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Yosuke Matsushita, Masaru Yamaoka, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Hironori Nakae, Mitsuaki Oshima
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Patent number: 8953543Abstract: The communication terminal includes a receiving unit and a transmission unit, which serve as a communication unit for signal exchange; and a beacon processing unit as a first detection unit that detects, for each channel, the number of the other communication terminals performing wireless communication by receiving a terminal number notification signal from a control device. Additionally, a data processing unit is provided as a second detection unit that counts, for each channel, the number of the other communication terminals found by receiving acknowledgement signals transmitted from the other communication terminals; and a channel control unit selects a frequency channel having a least difference between the number detected by the beacon processing unit and the number counted by the data processing unit, and causes the receiving unit and the transmission unit to perform the signal exchange via the selected frequency channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Kazuhiro Ando, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 8817677Abstract: An energy controller, as a communication device, transmits and receives data by transmitting a signal for establishing transmission and reception of the data to network-connected home appliances. The energy controller includes a power saving control unit that determines a transmission period such that the transmission period during which the signal is transmitted is increased as a power value difference increases, which is a value obtained by subtracting the total power consumption value of a power consumption appliance from available power supply value to the power consumption appliance including the network-connected home appliances; and a wireless communication IF for transmitting the signal containing the information indicating the transmission period to the network-connected home appliances in order to set the network-connected home appliances in an active state with a period according to the transmission period.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yosuke Ukita, Hironori Nakae, Hiroshi Hayashino
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Patent number: 8804590Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus which allows multi-rate control causing less waste of communication band as compared to conventional, the communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: the wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with the terminal apparatus; a transfer rate setting unit for setting a transfer rate; a beacon generation unit for generating a beacon which is a first control signal; and a control unit for causing the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit, for every predetermined period, the beacon, and, to cause the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the beacon, the control unit causes the transfer rate setting unit to set a transfer rate different from the transfer rate previously used for the wireless transmission of the beacon, and causes the wireless communication unit to transmit the beacon to the terminal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hironori Nakae, Yosuke Ukita, Hiroshi Hayashino
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Patent number: 8724477Abstract: A terminal includes a wireless transmission and reception unit that transmits or receives a signal using a frequency channel selected by switching between a plurality of frequency channels, and an interference detection unit that determines, for each of the plurality of frequency channels, whether or not interference occurs when transmitting or receiving the signal using the frequency channel. Further, the terminal includes a frequency channel priority control unit that sets a priority used when the wireless transmission and reception unit transmits or receives the signal, according to a result of the determination by the interference detection unit. The wireless transmission and reception unit transmits or receives the signal according to the priority.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hironori Nakae, Yoichi Masuda
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Publication number: 20140105397Abstract: A communication device, which can simplify various setting processes, transmits, to a server via a network, external device information received from an external device by using proximity wireless communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoichi IKEDA, Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Masaru YAMAOKA, Tsutomu MUKAI, Takahiro SATO, Ikuo FUCHIGAMI, Tadanori TEZUKA, Shohji OHTSUBO, Yosuke MATSUSHITA, Hironori NAKAE
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Publication number: 20140009268Abstract: A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Tomoaki Ohira, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada, Mizuho Sakakibara, Kohei Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Iida
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Patent number: 8627075Abstract: A communication device, which can simplify various setting processes, transmits, to a server via a network, external device information received from an external device by using proximity wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoichi Ikeda, Mitsuaki Oshima, Masaru Yamaoka, Tsutomu Mukai, Takahiro Sato, Ikuo Fuchigami, Tadanori Tezuka, Shohji Ohtsubo, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae
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Patent number: 8605631Abstract: Provided is a communication method for improving the communication quality of multicast transmission. A grouping table storage section stores a grouping table in which Ack return order positions indicating priority orders of the reception terminals which each return an Ack, and addresses of the reception terminals are set. An Ack return order position notification frame creation section notifies each reception terminal of a corresponding Ack return order position based on the grouping table. An Ack return permission information determination section refers to the grouping table, determines the number of reception terminal that are to be permitted to return an Ack, and creates Ack return permission information in which information about the reception terminals that are to be permitted to return an Ack is set, based on the determined number of reception terminals. A multicast creation section creates a multicast containing the Ack return permission information and transmission data.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hironori Nakae, Kazuhiro Ando, Kunihiko Sakaibara
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Patent number: 8588131Abstract: A wireless slave device for performing wireless network communication with another wireless slave device, the other wireless slave device being connected to a terminal, and wired network communication with a terminal, the wireless slave device including a wireless reception unit that wirelessly receives a notification frame including a MAC address of the terminal connected to the other wireless slave device and a MAC address of the other wireless slave device, a storage unit that associates and stores the MAC address of the other wireless slave device and the MAC address of the terminal both included in the wirelessly received notification frame, a wire reception unit that receives a frame transmitted from the terminal connected to the wireless slave device, and a filtering unit that discards the frame if the transmission destination MAC address of the frame received by wire does not match the MAC address stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shuichi Sato, Yasuo Hamamoto, Hiroshi Hayashino, Kazuhiro Ohta, Yosuke Ukita, Hironori Nakae, Yoshitaka Ohta
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Patent number: 8560012Abstract: The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit (203) obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit (206) obtains position information of the communication device (102). An operation information obtainment unit (212) obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit (213) stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit (207) detects direction of the communication device (102). A directional space calculation unit (208) calculates a directional space of the communication device (102).Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tomoaki Ohira, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada
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Patent number: RE45980Abstract: The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit (203) obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit (206) obtains position information of the communication device (102). An operation information obtainment unit (212) obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit (213) stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit (207) detects direction of the communication device (102). A directional space calculation unit (208) calculates a directional space of the communication device (102).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tomoaki Ohira, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada
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Patent number: RE46108Abstract: The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit (203) obtains apparatus information from an apparatus. A position information obtainment unit (206) obtains position information of the communication device (102). An operation information obtainment unit (212) obtains operation information based on the apparatus information. A storage unit (213) stores the position information as apparatus position information indicating as a position of the apparatus, in association with the operation information. A direction sensor unit (207) detects direction of the communication device (102). A directional space calculation unit (208) calculates a directional space of the communication device (102).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Toshiaki Ohnishi, Masaru Yamaoka, Mitsuaki Oshima, Michihiro Matsumoto, Tomoaki Ohira, Shohji Ohtsubo, Tsutomu Mukai, Yosuke Matsushita, Hironori Nakae, Kazunori Yamada