Patents by Inventor Kunio Yoshikawa
Kunio Yoshikawa 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: 10409975Abstract: A wearable module is a device capable of performing short-range communication with a mobile device. A functional section executes a function which can be locked and unlocked. A list retaining section retains a password for permitting locking/unlocking of the function for each mobile device. A short-range wireless communication section receives a request for locking or unlocking a function including a password from the mobile device. A lock control section controls the function to be locked or unlocked on the basis of the password included in the request and a password retained in association with the mobile device of a request source of the request by the list retaining section.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanno, Akira Shibutani, Kunio Yoshikawa, Yuusaku Inoue, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa
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Patent number: 10129030Abstract: A wearable device generates a temporary ID, generates an encrypted user ID, and transmits the temporary ID and the encrypted user ID to a shop system. The shop system receives the temporary ID and the encrypted user ID, transmits a temporary ID corresponding to the received temporary ID and the encrypted user ID to a server, and transmits the temporary ID transmitted by an identifier transmission unit and waiting state information to the server. The server stores the user ID in association with an information delivery destination of the user ID, receives the encrypted user ID and the temporary ID, associates the temporary ID and the information delivery destination of the user ID, receives the temporary ID and the waiting state information, and transmits the waiting state information to the information delivery destination of the user ID corresponding to the temporary ID.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akira Shibutani, Shigeko Kobayashi, Kazuma Nachi, Yuuta Higuchi, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Yuusaku Inoue, Kunio Yoshikawa, Takashi Okada
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Patent number: 9779568Abstract: In a coin-operated locker, a short-range wireless communication unit receives UIM information, which is information for connection to a mobile communication network, from a wearable device by short-range wireless communication. A server communication unit communicates with an authentication server that holds authentication-relevant information by mobile communication using the UIM information. The server communication unit receives authentication information from the authentication server. An authentication unit performs authentication using the authentication information received from the authentication server and a locking control unit performs locking control on the basis of the authentication result from the authentication unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akira Shibutani, Shigeko Kobayashi, Kazuma Nachi, Yuuta Higuchi, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Yuusaku Inoue, Kunio Yoshikawa, Takashi Okada
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Publication number: 20170084100Abstract: In a coin-operated locker, a short-range wireless communication unit receives UIM information, which is information for connection to a mobile communication network, from a wearable device by short-range wireless communication. A server communication unit communicates with an authentication server that holds authentication-relevant information by mobile communication using the UIM information. The server communication unit receives authentication information from the authentication server. An authentication unit performs authentication using the authentication information received from the authentication server and a locking control unit performs locking control on the basis of the authentication result from the authentication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akira SHIBUTANI, Shigeko KOBAYASHI, Kazuma NACHI, Yuuta HIGUCHI, Tetsuhiro SASAGAWA, Tetsuhiro TANNO, Yuusaku INOUE, Kunio YOSHIKAWA, Takashi OKADA
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Patent number: 9571193Abstract: A feature of the present invention pertains to a transmitter for transmitting data by video, the transmitter including a transmission data control unit that distributes the data to multiple colors constituting the video, and a display unit that converts the distributed data into a sequence of a predetermined color value with respect to each of the multiple colors and lighting the multiple colors in a communication area on a display in accordance with the sequence of the color value.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masanori Ishida, Kouki Hayashi, Kunio Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20170019257Abstract: A wearable device generates a temporary ID, generates an encrypted user ID, and transmits the temporary ID and the encrypted user ID to a shop system. The shop system receives the temporary ID and the encrypted user ID, transmits a temporary ID corresponding to the received temporary ID and the encrypted user ID to a server, and transmits the temporary ID transmitted by an identifier transmission unit and waiting state information to the server. The server stores the user ID in association with an information delivery destination of the user ID, receives the encrypted user ID and the temporary ID, associates the temporary ID and the information delivery destination of the user ID, receives the temporary ID and the waiting state information, and transmits the waiting state information to the information delivery destination of the user ID corresponding to the temporary ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Akira SHIBUTANI, Shigeko KOBAYASHI, Kazuma NACHI, Yuuta HIGUCHI, Tetsuhiro SASAGAWA, Tetsuhiro TANNO, Yuusaku INOUE, Kunio YOSHIKAWA, Takashi OKADA
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Publication number: 20160350523Abstract: A wearable module is a device capable of performing short-range communication with a mobile device. A functional section executes a function which can be locked and unlocked. A list retaining section retains a password for permitting locking/unlocking of the function for each mobile device. A short-range wireless communication section receives a request for locking or unlocking a function including a password from the mobile device. A lock control section controls the function to be locked or unlocked on the basis of the password included in the request and a password retained in association with the mobile device of a request source of the request by the list retaining section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Tetsuhiro TANNO, Akira SHIBUTANI, Kunio YOSHIKAWA, Yuusaku INOUE, Tetsuhiro SASAGAWA
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Patent number: 9395003Abstract: A process for reducing a radioactive material of an object containing a radioactive material to a safe level in a living environment includes releasing pressure including carrying out a heating process on an aqueous liquid that includes water, water-soluble liquid, or a mixture of water and water-soluble liquid, and the object in a state where temperature is less than or equal to a critical temperature of the aqueous liquid and pressure is greater than or equal to a saturated vapor pressure of the aqueous liquid when the object is immersed in the aqueous liquid to such a degree that the object is covered or to a greater degree and then abruptly releasing the pressure, and separating, after the releasing pressure, the mixture of the object and the aqueous liquid into liquid and solid.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: CDM CONSULTING CO., LTD., RADWASTE AND DECOMMISSIONING CENTERInventors: Shigeto Hayafuji, Takeshi Kamaya, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Kaname Mogami, Kenji Takeshita, Masanori Aritomi, Kunio Yoshikawa, Saburo Kikuchi, Akio Ishido
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Patent number: 9237508Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of determining whether a near field communication source is a mobile terminal or not, and capable of appropriately restricting information reading in near field communication. The mobile terminal includes an antenna for near field communication and an RF part. The RF part includes an electromotive force measuring part which measures the electromotive force of a carrier wave received by the antenna, a communication permission/prohibition determining part which, when the measured electromotive force is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, determines that the sender of the carrier wave is a mobile terminal and outputs a communication prohibition signal, and an RF controller which acquires the communication prohibition signal and locks the RF part.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kumiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa
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Patent number: 9141163Abstract: A portable terminal supplies power to a chip card therein with host power off. A power controller supplies power from a battery to a host, the chip card, and a CLF; a first switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the host; a second switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the CLF; a switch controller opens the first switch and closes the second switch if the CLF detects a contactless RF signal, if the host is off or if the portable terminal is in a low battery mode, and if the contactless RF signal conforms to the communication method of the chip card, and the switch controller closes the first switch and opens the second switch if the host is on.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: NTT DOCOMO, INC., Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Kumiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa, Kazuaki Gemma, Satoshi Akita, Norihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140329543Abstract: A radio communication device performs radio communication with a tag which includes a first short-range radio communication module, wherein the radio communication device includes a second short-range radio communication module that measures electric field strength of a radio wave from the tag, a sensor that detects a motion of the radio communication device, a location estimation unit that estimates a location of the tag, based on the electric field strength measured by the second short-range radio communication module, and the motion of the radio communication device detected by the sensor, and an output unit that outputs information indicating the location of the tag, wherein the location of the tag is estimated by the location estimation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kouki Hayashi, Masanori Ishida, Kunio Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20140258111Abstract: A portable terminal is resistant to falsification of the spending limit of user's electronic money. The portable terminal includes a spending limit storage unit that stores the spending limit of electronic currency that can be spent; a network interface that receives, through a network, spending limit update information generated by a card server according to a notice from a parent user; a spending limit update unit that, when the spending limit update information is received, updates the spending limit stored in the spending limit storage unit, according to the received spending limit update information; a near field communication interface that detects carrier waves output from a reader/writer; and a secure element unit that applies for purchase when the carrier waves are detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa, Kumiko Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140241732Abstract: A feature of the present invention pertains to a transmitter for transmitting data by video, the transmitter including a transmission data control unit that distributes the data to multiple colors constituting the video, and a display unit that converts the distributed data into a sequence of a predetermined color value with respect to each of the multiple colors and lighting the multiple colors in a communication area on a display in accordance with the sequence of the color value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Masanori Ishida, Kouki Hayashi, Kunio Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20140228612Abstract: Provided are a process and device for reducing radioactive material of an object containing the radioactive material to a safe level in a living environment. Included are a step of performing at least a step of carrying out a heating process on the object, into which radioactive material is absorbed and/or adsorbed from an environment or which absorbs and/or adsorbs radioactive material from an environment, in a state where temperature is less than or equal to the critical temperature of water and pressure is greater than or equal to the saturated vapor pressure of water, or a step of abruptly releasing the pressure; and a step of separating, after the above step, into liquid and solid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: RADWASTE AND DECOMMISSIONING CENTER, CDM CONSULTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeto Hayafuji, Takeshi Kamaya, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Kaname Mogami, Kenji Takeshita, Masanori Aritomi, Kunio Yoshikawa, Saburo Kikuchi, Akio Ishido
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Publication number: 20140206283Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of determining whether a near field communication source is a mobile terminal or not, and capable of appropriately restricting information reading in near field communication. The mobile terminal includes an antenna for near field communication and an RF part. The RF part includes an electromotive force measuring part which measures the electromotive force of a carrier wave received by the antenna, a communication permission/prohibition determining part which, when the measured electromotive force is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, determines that the sender of the carrier wave is a mobile terminal and outputs a communication prohibition signal, and an RF controller which acquires the communication prohibition signal and locks the RF part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INCInventors: Kumiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa
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Publication number: 20140181543Abstract: A portable terminal supplies power to a chip card therein with host power off. A power controller supplies power from a battery to a host, the chip card, and a CLF; a first switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the host; a second switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the CLF; a switch controller opens the first switch and closes the second switch if the CLF detects a contactless RF signal, if the host is off or if the portable terminal is in a low battery mode, and if the contactless RF signal conforms to the communication method of the chip card, and the switch controller closes the first switch and opens the second switch if the host is on.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: Renesas Electronics Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kumiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa, Kazuaki Gemma, Satoshi Akita, Norihisa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20140054376Abstract: A portable terminal that can centrally determine payment priorities for all services in a portable terminal is provided. This portable terminal 10 has a total of two or more secure elements (referred to below as SEs) in either of both of a removable media and the portable terminal. The portable terminal 10 includes a base-band section 14 having a card search section 14a that searches the removable media connected to the portable terminal 10, a priority storing section 14b that stores priorities that centrally control all services in the two or more SEs, an optimum priority generation section 14c that excludes the priorities of the services in the removable media that are not searched for from the stored priorities, rearranges the priories of services that are not excluded from highest to lowest, and generates the rearranged priorities as optimum priorities, and a radio frequency section 12 having an optimum priority storing section 12a that stores the generated optimum priorities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Kumiko Yamaguchi, Kunio Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Akiyama, Tetsuhiro Tanno, Tetsuhiro Sasagawa
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Patent number: 8135401Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile station which can perform communication using a specific communication system such as HSDPA and HSUPA, with priority, and a communication system selection method thereof. The mobile station for performing communication using a specific communication system includes: a transmission/reception unit for receiving broadcast information from a plurality of communication base stations; an acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of pieces of cell information on cells which the mobile station can camp on and on a communication systems which can be used in the cells; and a control unit for selecting one cell where the specific communication system can be used from the plurality of pieces of cell information acquired by the acquisition unit, and performing processing for the mobile station to camp on this cell. By using this mobile station, communication using a specific communication system such as HSDPA or HSUPA can be performed with priority.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuo Iwanaga, Kunio Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 7933963Abstract: A reception notification control method is provided in which an information server that stores information addressed to reception terminals and performs reception notification, via a network apparatus, on each of the reception terminals to which the information stored in the information server is addressed. After receiving, via the network apparatus, a predetermined connection request from a reception terminal to which stored information is addressed, the information server performs the reception notification on the reception terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Taku Onishi, Kunio Yoshikawa, Daichi Funato, Motoharu Miyake, Shinji Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090019125Abstract: A reception notification control method is provided in which an information server that stores information addressed to reception terminals and performs reception notification, via a network apparatus, on each of the reception terminals to which the information stored in the information server is addressed. After receiving, via the network apparatus, a predetermined connection request from a reception terminal to which stored information is addressed, the information server performs the reception notification on the reception terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Taku Onishi, Kunio Yoshikawa, Daichi Funato, Motoharu Miyake, Shinji Kobayashi