Patents by Inventor Kazuto Shimizu

Kazuto Shimizu 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: 20230191256
    Abstract: An example of a server receives first event data from an information processing apparatus. The server stores therein event management data including event state information that indicates whether a second event has already occurred or has not yet occurred. When receiving a request from the information processing apparatus, the server transmits at least one piece of second event data to the information processing apparatus. The at least one piece of second event data includes second event data based on event management data in which the event state information indicates that the second event has already occurred and/or second event data to be transmitted when the second event data stored in the first storage area is insufficient. Upon receiving the third event data indicating that the second event has occurred, the server updates the event state information so as to indicate that the second event has already occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Shinnosuke MIKI, Noritaka OTSUKA, Kazuto SHIMIZU, Kojiro TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11350287
    Abstract: A switch is provided. The switch is connected to a control apparatus for controlling Lawful Interception, and relays packets transmitted and received between a user apparatus and an IMS apparatus in the home network of the user apparatus. The switch includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the user apparatus is a Lawful Interception target or whether the user apparatus is a roaming user; and a transmission unit configured to, in the case where the user apparatus is a Lawful Interception target or in the case where the user apparatus is a roaming user, transmit to a mobile management switch information indicating to the user apparatus that the user apparatus should transmit and receive the packets to and from the IMS apparatus without encryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiro Abe, Shinya Takeda, Kazuto Shimizu, Koichiro Kunitomo, Alf Zugenmaier
  • Patent number: 11277787
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus including: a control unit that determine whether to select a gateway having a specific function for a user equipment based on capability information received from the user equipment and a service availability information of the user equipment received from a subscriber information management apparatus; a transmission unit that transmits an inquiry signal including a parameter indicating that the specific function can be used to a DNS when the control unit determines to select the gateway having the specific function for the user equipment; and a reception unit that receives a list of gateways having the specific function from the DNS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Na Yo, Keiichi Kanbara, Kazuto Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210168588
    Abstract: A UE 200 operates as any one of a plurality of categories according to capability. The UE 200 includes: an attach processing unit 220 that performs attaching to a core network; an operation control unit 230 that causes the UE 200 to operate as a restricted category whose capability is restricted as compared to a normal category; and a category notification unit 240 that notifies the core network of a category in which the UE 200 is operating at the time of the attaching or after the attaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiro Abe, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Shinya Takeda, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kazuto Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200329420
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus including: a control unit that determine whether to select a gateway having a specific function for a user equipment based on capability information received from the user equipment and a service availability information of the user equipment received from a subscriber information management apparatus; a transmission unit that transmits an inquiry signal including a parameter indicating that the specific function can be used to a DNS when the control unit determines to select the gateway having the specific function for the user equipment; and a reception unit that receives a list of gateways having the specific function from the DNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Na Yo, Keiichi Kanbara, Kazuto Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190141521
    Abstract: A switch is provided. The switch is connected to a control apparatus for controlling Lawful Interception, and relays packets transmitted and received between a user apparatus and an IMS apparatus in the home network of the user apparatus. The switch includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the user apparatus is a Lawful Interception target or whether the user apparatus is a roaming user; and a transmission unit configured to, in the case where the user apparatus is a Lawful Interception target or in the case where the user apparatus is a roaming user, transmit to a mobile management switch information indicating to the user apparatus that the user apparatus should transmit and receive the packets to and from the IMS apparatus without encryption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Motohiro Abe, Shinya Takeda, Kazuto Shimizu, Koichiro Kunitomo, Alf Zugenmaier
  • Patent number: 10225738
    Abstract: A relay apparatus according to the present invention includes reception means for receiving a remote operation request, storage means for associating first identification information related to a controlled-side communication apparatus or a controlled-side user that is remotely operated with second identification information related to a control-side communication apparatus or a control-side user that remotely operates the controlled-side communication apparatus to store the first identification information in association with the second identification information as permission information, determination means for comparing the first identification information and the second identification information included in the permission information with the first identification information and the second identification information included in the remote operation request, respectively, to determine whether to allow the remote operation, and transmission means for generating a control message to transmit the control me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160025496
    Abstract: This positioning device includes: a first positioning means that measures the position of the positioning device at prescribed time intervals; a second positioning means that measures the position of the positioning device with lower accuracy than the first positioning means and at time intervals that are shorter than those used by the first positioning means; a correction means that corrects the measurement results of the second positioning means on the basis of the position measured by the first positioning means at a prescribed point in time and the position at the prescribed point in time obtained from the measurement results of the second positioning means; and a generation means that, on the basis of the measurement results of the first positioning means and the measurement results of the second positioning means as corrected by the correction means, generates path information indicating the path of movement of the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8757882
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid dynamic bearing device, which fixes a lid member (10) to a bracket (6) or forms the lid member (10) and the bracket (6) integrally so that the bracket (6) exerts the release resistance of the lid member (10). As a result, the fluid dynamic bearing device can alleviate a fixing force required between a housing (7) and the lid member (10) or can make their fixture unnecessary, to thereby maintain the release resistance of the lid member (10) irrespective of a material of the housing (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Shimizu, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140085061
    Abstract: According to a related remote control system, a remote control processing may occur even during an operated side terminal is in an emergency situation. An operated side terminal transmits, to a relay server, reception status information identifying a reception status for a remote control. Upon receiving a remote control request from an operating side terminal, the relay server determines whether or not a remote control is permitted based on access permission information which includes a pair of an operating side terminal permitted to remote control and an operated side terminal, and additionally, determines, based on reception status information, whether or not the operated side terminal currently accepts the remote control. Based on the determination outcomes, the relay server transmits, to the operated side terminal, a control message related to the remote control, based on which the operated side terminal provides a service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuto Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8578611
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device, specifically for properly and effectively wiping off the lubricating oil adhering to the outside of the housing and adjusting the oil-level height of the lubricating oil filled in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kaimi, Kazuto Shimizu, Kimihiko Bitou, Nao Ishiyama, Nobuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20130288661
    Abstract: A relay apparatus according to the present invention includes reception means for receiving a remote operation request, storage means for associating first identification information related to a controlled-side communication apparatus or a controlled-side user that is remotely operated with second identification information related to a control-side communication apparatus or a control-side user that remotely operates the controlled-side communication apparatus to store the first identification information in association with the second identification information as permission information, determination means for comparing the first identification information and the second identification information included in the permission information with the first identification information and the second identification information included in the remote operation request, respectively, to determine whether to allow the remote operation, and transmission means for generating a control message to transmit the control me
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuto Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20130047110
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal in which a predetermined process performed to an item can be selected even when a user does not correctly drop the item in the desired region. A terminal 10 according to the present invention includes a process table 60 in which a predetermined process content is registered, display means 20 in which the item is displayed, input means 30 which detects a drag-and-drop operation to the item, operation determination means 40 which determines whether or not a predetermined operation is included in the drag-and-drop operation when the drag-and-drop operation is detected, and process selection means 50 which selects the predetermined process content from the process table 60 when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and selects a drag-and-drop process when it is determined that the predetermined operation is not included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuto Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8356938
    Abstract: A fluid dynamic bearing apparatus includes shaft member 2, housing 7, sleeve portion 8, and sealing portions 9, 10. The housing 7 includes a straight cylindrical inner circumferential surface with a constant diameter and openings at both axial ends thereof. The sleeve portion 8 is provided separately from the housing 7 and fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the housing 7. A radial bearing gap is formed between the inner circumferential surface 8a of the sleeve portion 8 and the outer circumferential surface 2a of the shaft member 2 , and thrust bearing gaps are formed between the end faces 9b, 10b of the sealing portions 9, 10 and the end faces 8b, 8c of the sleeve portion 8 opposing these to support the shaft member 2 in a non-contact manner in the radial direction and in the thrust direction by the hydrodynamic effect of a lubricating oil produced in each bearing gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Shimizu, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Masaharu Hori
  • Patent number: 8240918
    Abstract: A shaft portion is press-fitted to a flange portion, and a plastic working portion of a first jig is pressed against an upper end surface of the flange portion, whereby the flange portion is partially subjected to plastic deformation toward an inner peripheral side. With this, a caulked portion is formed between the flange portion and the shaft portion. Further, press-fitting and caulking are performed in a state in which both end surfaces of the flange portion are bound by a second jig and a third jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko Bitou, Jun Hirade, Kazuto Shimizu, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Isao Komori
  • Publication number: 20110277291
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device, specifically for properly and effectively wiping off the lubricating oil adhering to the outside of the housing and adjusting the oil-level height of the lubricating oil filled in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: MASAYUKI KAIMI, KAZUTO SHIMIZU, KIMIHIKO BITOU, NAO ISHIYAMA, NOBUYOSHI YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8020301
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device, specifically for properly and effectively wiping off the lubricating oil adhering to the outside of the housing and adjusting the oil-level height of the lubricating oil filled in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kaimi, Kazuto Shimizu, Kimihiko Bitou, Nao Ishiyama, Nobuyoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7941926
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device. The hydro dynamic bearing is constructed of an axial member housed in a housing, a radial bearing part for supporting the axial member in a non-contact manner in a radial direction by a hydro dynamic pressure action of the lubricating oil generated in a radial bearing clearance, and a sealing part arranged in an opening part of the housing, and the apparatus has a laser for measuring an oil-level height of the lubricating oil in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kaimi, Kazuto Shimizu, Kimihiko Bitou, Nao Ishiyama, Nobuyoshi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20100244601
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid dynamic bearing device, which fixes a lid member (10) to a bracket (6) or forms the lid member (10) and the bracket (6) integrally so that the bracket (6) exerts the release resistance of the lid member (10). As a result, the fluid dynamic bearing device can alleviate a fixing force required between a housing (7) and the lid member (10) or can make their fixture unnecessary, to thereby maintain the release resistance of the lid member (10) irrespective of a material of the housing (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Shimizu, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100129014
    Abstract: [Object] To manufacture at lower cost a shaft member for a fluid dynamic bearing device, which is excellent in accuracy of bearing surfaces and shape accuracy between the bearing surfaces, and which has high fixation strength between a shaft portion and a flange portion. [Solving Means] A shaft portion (21) is press-fitted to a flange portion (22), and a plastic working portion (31c) of a first jig (31) is pressed against an upper end surface (22a) of the flange portion (22), whereby the flange portion (22) is partially subjected to plastic deformation toward an inner peripheral side. With this, a caulked portion (23) is formed between the flange portion (22) and the shaft portion (21). Further, press-fitting and caulking are performed in a state in which both end surfaces (22a and 22b) of the flange portion (22) are bound by a second jig (32) and a third jig (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiko Bitou, Jun Hirade, Kazuto Shimizu, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Isao Komori