Patents by Inventor Hiroo Suzuki
Hiroo Suzuki 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: 11956098Abstract: A communication device includes: a MAC unit that processes a main signal including a payload, and determines a communication timing of the main signal; a communication unit that performs, based on the communication timing, at least one of transmission processing for E/O converting the main signal acquired from the MAC unit, and transmitting the main signal to a communication counterpart device, and reception processing for O/E converting the main signal received from the communication counterpart device; a main signal transmission line through which the main signal is transmitted between the MAC unit and the communication unit; and a control information transmission line that is provided separately from the main signal transmission line, and through which communication timing data that is data indicating the communication timing is transmitted from the MAC unit to the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Noriko Iiyama, Masamichi Fujiwara, Hiroo Suzuki, Junichi Kani
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Patent number: 11876555Abstract: A breakdown determination system includes a switching device that switches a transmission path of optical signals between an upper network and a lower network, one or more intermediate communication devices that relay communication between the upper network and the lower network, a selection device that selects a standby port of the intermediate communication devices, a measurement device that connects to the selected standby port via the switching device and measures an optical signal of the connected standby port, a determination device that determines whether an intermediate communication device including the selected standby port breaks down based on a result of measuring the optical signal, and a storage device that stores a result of determining whether the intermediate communication device breaks down.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Hatano, Takumi Harada, Hiroo Suzuki
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Patent number: 11825247Abstract: A wiring information creation system includes a switching device that switches a transmission path of an optical signal between an upper network and a lower network in units of combinations of physical ports, a switching control device that outputs, to the switching device, an instruction for switching the transmission path such that the transmission path passes through a selected physical port, a connection control device that determines whether a communication port of an intermediate communication device that relays communication between the upper network and the lower network and the selected physical port have been connected to each other and acquires, from the intermediate communication device, a number of the communication port connected to the selected physical port, and an information creation device that creates connection information indicating the communication port connected to the selected physical port and updates wiring information indicating connection information for each physical port of theType: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Harada, Tomoya Hatano, Hiroo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230361876Abstract: An optical communication system includes: an optical fiber including a plurality of cores formed in parallel to a longitudinal direction; a first optical communication device including an optical transmission unit and an optical reception unit, and provided with connection ends of the optical transmission unit and the optical reception unit each connected to one end of any one of the cores on an interface surface; and a second optical communication device including an optical transmission unit and an optical reception unit, and provided with connection ends of the optical transmission unit and the optical reception unit each connected to another end of any one of the cores on an interface surface, in which the connection ends are provided in an arrangement in which a type of transmission and reception of one of the connection ends of the first optical communication device and a type of transmission and reception of one of the connection ends of the second optical communication device are a transmission and reType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunari TANAKA, Junichi KANI, Hiroo SUZUKI, Takuya KANAI
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Patent number: 11792040Abstract: A communication system is a communication system connected to an upper network and a lower network, and includes at least one intermediate communication device including a plurality of upper ports for inputting and outputting optical signals to and from the upper network, and a plurality of lower ports for inputting and outputting optical signals to and from the lower network, the intermediate communication device being configured to relay communication between the upper network and the lower network, a switching device that is connected to the upper and lower networks and the plurality of upper and lower ports, switches a connection between the upper network and the plurality of upper ports, and switches a connection between the lower network and a plurality of lower ports, and a control device that outputs, to the switching device, an instruction to switch the connection by the switching device according to a communication status between the upper network and the lower network.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Hatano, Takumi Harada, Hiroo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230308174Abstract: The optical communication system includes the optical distribution device (100) provided between the wavelength routing device (30) and the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing device (40). The wavelength routing device outputs the optical signal input from the port on the wavelength variable subscriber device side to the port uniquely determined by a combination of the wavelength of the optical signal and the port to which the optical signal is inputted. The wavelength variable subscriber device can execute the first protection for switching the wavelength of the optical signal to be transmitted and received to the spare wavelength different from the operating wavelength when the wavelength variable subscriber device and the wavelength variable communication device (10) are disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shin KANEKO, Kazuaki HONDA, Hiroo SUZUKI, Junichi KANI, Takuya KANAI, Yasunari TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230246876Abstract: A communication device includes: a MAC unit that processes a main signal including a payload, and determines a communication timing of the main signal; a communication unit that performs, based on the communication timing, at least one of transmission processing for E/O converting the main signal acquired from the MAC unit, and transmitting the main signal to a communication counterpart device, and reception processing for O/E converting the main signal received from the communication counterpart device; a main signal transmission line through which the main signal is transmitted between the MAC unit and the communication unit; and a control information transmission line that is provided separately from the main signal transmission line, and through which communication timing data that is data indicating the communication timing is transmitted from the MAC unit to the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Noriko IIYAMA, Masamichi FUJIWARA, Hiroo SUZUKI, Junichi KANI
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Publication number: 20230170999Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a transmission system including a modulated wave generation unit that generates an intermediate wave, which is a coherent wave in which a frequency component of either of two signals overlays a frequency spectrum, the two signals being a main signal indicating transmitted information to be transmitted and a control signal indicating management information, which is information on communication between a transmission source of the transmitted information and a communication destination of the transmission source, and a modulation unit that modulates the intermediate wave with a signal in which a frequency component does not overlay the frequency spectrum of the coherent wave generated by the modulated wave generation unit out of the two signals that are the main signal and the control signal. In the transmission system, a frequency band of the main signal and a frequency band of the control signal do not overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KANAI, Shin KANEKO, Kazuaki HONDA, Junichi KANI, Hiroo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230071961Abstract: A sensor module according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a housing, a sensor board, an external connector, a flexible printed circuit, and a metallic shield case. The flexible printed circuit electrically connects the sensor board and the external connector, the flexible printed circuit including a signal line and a ground line. The shield case includes a bottom portion that is arranged between the flexible printed circuit and the external connector. The external connector includes a first connection pin that is connected to the signal line, a second connection pin that is connected to the ground line, and a third connection pin that is connected to the bottom portion of the shield case.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Owaki, Tomonori Agawa, Kunihiko Togano, Hiroo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230030158Abstract: An optical communication apparatus includes an optical switch, a wavelength management control unit, and an optical switch control unit. The optical switch is connected to a plurality of transmission lines and outputs an optical signal input from one of the transmission lines to another of the transmission lines. The wavelength management control unit assigns a wavelength to a subscriber terminal according to a communication destination. The optical switch control unit controls the optical switch such that it outputs an optical signal transmitted from the subscriber terminal, to which a wavelength has been assigned, to a transmission line corresponding to its forwarding destination on a path to the communication destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya KANAI, Hiroo SUZUKI, Junichi KANI, Shin KANEKO, Kazuaki HONDA, Manabu YOSHINO, Tomoaki YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20220209988Abstract: A communication system is a communication system connected to an upper network and a lower network, and includes at least one intermediate communication device including a plurality of upper ports for inputting and outputting optical signals to and from the upper network, and a plurality of lower ports for inputting and outputting optical signals to and from the lower network, the intermediate communication device being configured to relay communication between the upper network and the lower network, a switching device that is connected to the upper and lower networks and the plurality of upper and lower ports, switches a connection between the upper network and the plurality of upper ports, and switches a connection between the lower network and a plurality of lower ports, and a control device that outputs, to the switching device, an instruction to switch the connection by the switching device according to a communication status between the upper network and the lower network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya HATANO, Takumi HARADA, Hiroo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220200698Abstract: A breakdown determination system includes a switching device that switches a transmission path of optical signals between an upper network and a lower network, one or more intermediate communication devices that relay communication between the upper network and the lower network, a selection device that selects a standby port of the intermediate communication devices, a measurement device that connects to the selected standby port via the switching device and measures an optical signal of the connected standby port, a determination device that determines whether an intermediate communication device including the selected standby port breaks down based on a result of measuring the optical signal, and a storage device that stores a result of determining whether the intermediate communication device breaks down.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya HATANO, Takumi HARADA, Hiroo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20220159358Abstract: A wiring information creation system includes a switching device that switches a transmission path of an optical signal between an upper network and a lower network in units of combinations of physical ports, a switching control device that outputs, to the switching device, an instruction for switching the transmission path such that the transmission path passes through a selected physical port, a connection control device that determines whether a communication port of an intermediate communication device that relays communication between the upper network and the lower network and the selected physical port have been connected to each other and acquires, from the intermediate communication device, a number of the communication port connected to the selected physical port, and an information creation device that creates connection information indicating the communication port connected to the selected physical port and updates wiring information indicating connection information for each physical port of theType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi HARADA, Tomoya HATANO, Hiroo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20210266742Abstract: A service start method is a service start method executed by a communication system, and the service start method includes: a step of acquiring identification information or authentication information of a device, a customer, or a service; a step of making authentication of the device, the customer, or the service to succeed when the identification information or the authentication information has been acquired together with information that is associated with the customer or a customer's location in advance, or when the identification information or the authentication information has been acquired from a terminal or a line that is associated with the customer in advance; and a step of starting provision of the service for the device for which the authentication has succeeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu YOSHINO, Takashi YAMADA, Hiroo SUZUKI, Jun-ichi KANI
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Patent number: 11019243Abstract: The present technology relates to a camera unit and a mobile body capable of improving Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) performance. The camera unit includes a shield arranged at least on a side of one side surface of a sensor substrate to which an image sensor is attached and a contact portion that has conductivity and is provided on the sensor substrate so as to have contact with a portion on a side of a side surface of the sensor substrate of the shield. The present technology is applied to, for example, a camera unit or the like mounted on a mobile body such as a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Agawa, Eiji Oba, Hiroo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200195822Abstract: The present technology relates to a camera unit and a mobile body capable of improving Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) performance. The camera unit includes a shield arranged at least on a side of one side surface of a sensor substrate to which an image sensor is attached and a contact portion that has conductivity and is provided on the sensor substrate so as to have contact with a portion on a side of a side surface of the sensor substrate of the shield. The present technology is applied to, for example, a camera unit or the like mounted on a mobile body such as a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: TOMONORI AGAWA, EIJI OBA, HIROO SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8486550Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a battery support mechanism including: a terminal board provided with connection terminals to be connected to terminal portions provided on the battery side; a battery containing portion to which the terminal board is fitted while keeping open at least two mutually opposite side surfaces and one surface adjacent to the two side surfaces, of the terminal board, so as thereby to cause the connection terminals to front on the inside of the battery containing portion; and a support plate fixed to the battery containing portion so as thereby to support the one surface of the terminal board which is fitted in the battery containing portion, wherein the terminal board is swingable in the opening directions of the battery containing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiroo Suzuki
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Patent number: 8014672Abstract: According to the present invention, a star-type wavelength multiplexed communication network using optical TX/RX devices capable of assigning the wavelengths can be provided without using the monitoring light. In an embodiment of the present invention, an optical TX/RX device for transmitting and receiving a wavelength-multiplexed signal light comprises an optical receiver capable of varying the RX wavelength and an optical transmitter capable of varying the TX wavelength. The optical TX/RX device detects RX wavelengths not in use via the optical receiver, and assigns the RX wavelength of the optical receiver to one of the RX wavelengths not-in-use, and assigns the TX wavelength of the optical transmitter to a TX wavelength corresponding to the RX wavelength according to a correspondence table of TX and RX wavelengths in the memory. Then, the optical TX/RX device transmits a signal light on this TX wavelength, and detects the response on the RX wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroo Suzuki, Takashi Yamada, Katsumi Iwatsuki
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Patent number: 7673383Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a complete wire harness from a plurality of wire harnesses have a first transferring unit, an inserting unit and a removing unit. The first transferring unit transfers a wire clamping bar, which holds a partial harness having a plurality of electric wires, to a wire-harness fabricating station. The inserting unit inserts terminals disposed at ends of the plurality of electric wires into predetermined terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors set on a connector receiving jig. The removing unit removes the emptied wire clamping bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yutaka Miyamoto, Shigeji Kudo, Hiroo Suzuki, Tsutomu Nakayama, Jiro Aikawa
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Patent number: 7555215Abstract: A dual structure for a multiplexing section extended to an OSU is obtained without adding a dynamic function, such as an optical switch, to a W-MULDEM. The W-MULDEM of an optical wavelength division multiplexing access system divides, among ports corresponding to the individual ONUs, downstream optical signals having wavelengths ?d1 to ?dn, which are received along a current-use optical fiber, or downstream optical signals having wavelengths ?d1+?? to ?dn+??, which are received along a redundant optical fiber. The W-MULDEM also multiplexes, for the port that corresponds to the current-use optical fiber or the redundant optical fiber, upstream optical signals having wavelengths ?u1 to ?un or wavelengths ?u1+?? to ?un+??, which are received along optical fibers corresponding to the ONUs. A wavelength difference between the downstream optical signal and the upstream optical signal that are consonant with each ONU is defined as an integer times the FSR of an AWG.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hirotaka Nakamura, Junichi Kani, Hiroo Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Teshima, Ukyo Yamaguchi, Hidetaka Onishi, Katsumi Iwatsuki