Patents by Inventor Masafumi HIRONO

Masafumi HIRONO 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).

  • Patent number: 11860644
    Abstract: A flying device is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication quality information with which position information indicating a position and the communication quality at a position indicated by the position information are associated; a flight position identification unit that identifies a flight position, which is an in-flight position; a path determination unit that determines a flight path on the basis of the communication quality associated with the position information corresponding to the flight position in the communication quality information; and a flight control unit that controls a flying mechanism on the basis of the flight path determined by the path determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Matsuki, Masafumi Hirono
  • Publication number: 20220053506
    Abstract: A flying device that flies by being controlled from an external location, the flying device including a determination unit that determines a communication quality on a first wireless communication channel used for transmitting data to a control device that controls the flying device within a prescribed range from a flight position at which the flying device is flying; and a transmission control unit that controls a type of data to be transmitted to the control device on the basis of the communication quality determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki MATSUKI, Masafumi HIRONO
  • Patent number: 11212816
    Abstract: A flying device that flies by being controlled from an external location, the flying device including a determination unit that determines a communication quality on a first wireless communication channel used for transmitting data to a control device that controls the flying device within a prescribed range from a flight position at which the flying device is flying; and a transmission control unit that controls a type of data to be transmitted to the control device on the basis of the communication quality determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Matsuki, Masafumi Hirono
  • Publication number: 20210287557
    Abstract: A flying device is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication quality information with which position information indicating a position and the communication quality at a position indicated by the position information are associated; a flight position identification unit that identifies a flight position, which is an in-flight position; a path determination unit that determines a flight path on the basis of the communication quality associated with the position information corresponding to the flight position in the communication quality information; and a flight control unit that controls a flying mechanism on the basis of the flight path determined by the path determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki MATSUKI, Masafumi HIRONO
  • Publication number: 20200068584
    Abstract: A flying device that flies by being controlled from an external location, the flying device including a determination unit that determines a communication quality on a first wireless communication channel used for transmitting data to a control device that controls the flying device within a prescribed range from a flight position at which the flying device is flying; and a transmission control unit that controls a type of data to be transmitted to the control device on the basis of the communication quality determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki MATSUKI, Masafumi HIRONO